Translational Repeat dialog
Used to make copies of portions of the structure at intervals along a linear path
Opens when the Repeat > Translational tool is selected from the Beam group on the Geometry ribbon tab.
Setting | Description |
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Global Direction | Choose any one of the three possible global directions along which the selected structural entities should be copied. |
No of Steps | Specify the number of copies to use (up to a maximum of 99). |
Default Step Spacing | Type the default spacing between steps (or copies) in the edit box in current length units. You can change the spacing between copies individually using the step table. |
Step Spacing table | You can manually type the Spacing to each step as well as type the Number From to use when the Renumber Bay option is selected. |
Renumber Bay | Instructs the program to use a user-specified starting number for the members generated in each step of the repeat. |
Link Steps | Instructs the program to generate new members between each step in the direction of the repeat. |
Open Base | This option instructs the program to not generate linking members at the base of the structure (i.e., the lowest nodes in the selection). |
Generation Flags | Select the structural data that you want copied to the newly generated elements:
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