Used to customize the zones per their needs. As mentioned in Create Zones help menu, automated zone generated by program are based on real time stresses. Practical zone assignment is possible through this feature.
From Current Zone Drop down box, select a zone that needs to be reset. Click on ‘Select Nodes’ button, then select control points from geometry view which needs to be assigned under the current zone. Once selection is done, click on ‘Reset Zones’ button. This process does not disturb the nodes which were outside of selection. To create detached blocks in same zone, repeat Zone Editing process for all blocks individually.
In preceding figure, blue zone is set in two different blocks; this type of zoning can be achieved by selecting left upper small block first then resetting zones and selecting the right block later and resetting zones one more time.
‘Lock Higher Zone’ check box makes sure that when zones are reset, lower reinforcement zone does not overwrite higher reinforcement zone. By disabling the check box, higher zones can be overwritten by lower zones.
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