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Use this tool to create curved beams in the same manner as the two-point curved beam
command, but with the end result of a poly-beam.
System requirements
2.
17.0
4.0
Environments:
Default
Languages:
English
Installation
3.
1. Download the Curved Beam installation package from the Tekla Extranet.
2. Run the installation package.
Usage
4.
2.
3.
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4.
Select a profile.
Note: If you click the Create button before selecting a profile, the following message will
appear: Please select a valid profile.
5.
Select a material.
Note: If you click the Create button before selecting a material, the following message will
appear: Please select a valid material.
6.
Select a radius.
Note: If you click the Create button before entering a value in the radius field, the following
message will appear: Radius is too small.
Note: If the mid-distance between the first and second picked points is smaller than the
radius, the following message will appear: Radius is too small.
7.
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10. The curved beam is automatically created when you pick the second point.
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Application properties
5.
Field
Description
Assembly prefix
and start number
Attributes
Field
Description
Default
Name
No name
Profile
No profile
Material
No material
Finish
No finish
Class
User-defined
attributes
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Description
Default
Middle
Left
Right
Middle
0 mm
Front
Top
Back
Below
Front
0 deg
Middle
Front
Behind
Middle
0 mm
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Curved beam
Description
Field
Default
XZ plane
XY plane
XZ plane
0 mm
5.3.
Application buttons
Field
Description
Create
Use to create a new beam using the properties from the dialog box.
Modify
Use to modify the selected curved beam using the properties from
the dialog box.
This button works only for beams that have the following
characteristics:
Get
is a poly-beam;
has 3 points;
Use to fill the dialog box with the properties of the selected beam.
This button works only for beams that have the following
characteristics:
Cancel
6.
is a poly-beam;
has 3 points;
Additional information
If the user wants to get or to modify the properties of a normal beam the following
message will appear: The next objects are not curved beams: ID1, ID2..
The rotation value in the regular beam dialog will not always be the same as the
rotation value in the curved beam tool dialog, but that the curved beam tool rotation is
correct.
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