To create an "infill" plate by selecting existing
members as plate edges, use the following procedure.
Note: The beams to be used as bounding edges of an
"infill" plate must meet the following requirements:
- three or four beams that
form a closed polygon
- the beams cannot extend
past the vertex nodes of the closed polygon
- the beams must lie
within a plane
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Select the beams you want to use as bounding edges of the plate.
You must select three or more beams.
Note: Use the
Beam Cursor tool in the
Selection group on the
Geometry ribbon tab.
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On the Geometry ribbon tab, select the
tool in the
Plates group.
A message dialog indicates that the plate was successfully
generated.
