Radial grid dialog
Used to generate construction lines in transformed radial coordinates. This is used to create circular type models where members are modeled as piece-wise linear straight line segments.
Opens when Radial is selected as the type of new grid or an existing radial grid is edited in a Snap Node/<entity> dialog.
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Name | (Optional) Specify a name by which you can identify the grid in the Snap Node/<entity> dialog. | ||||||||||||||
Plane | Used when the grid is to be placed in a global plane. Select the global plane in which the gridlines will lie. | ||||||||||||||
Angle of Plane | Choose one of the three options (X-X, Y-Y, or Z-Z) and provide the angle of rotation (in degrees) of the grid plane about that axis. | ||||||||||||||
Origin |
The (0,0) position on the grid in the grid coordinate system. Usually, the grid origin coincides with the structure origin. Type in the location of the origin of gridlines in global coordinate system, in the current length units, or click the tool to change the location of the grid origin by graphically selecting a existing node. |
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Construction Lines |
Radial grid construction lines nomenclature |