Create Swaged Panel

An alternative method of creating a bent panel element (BPANEL) element, which can be used to represent any sheet material used to clad a structural model. For example, a bent panel can be used for roofing on a structural model.

Create and Fill options enable, respectively, creation of a single plate or a repeated pattern of a plate.

Inputs to the plate creation process are first point, second point, and third point.

The first point must be a point on a structure in the 3D View.

The second and third points must be anti-clockwise from the first.

If Fill is selected, the first and second points form the cover width and the first and third points form the extrusion length.

On the Plates tab, in the Create group, click Bent Plate and select Swaged Plate. The Swaged Plate Creation form is displayed:

The Shape panel list the available plate profiles and, for each, a list of plates available in the catalog. The list shows:

• Name

• Cover width

• Extrusion length

• Pitch

• Height

The Dimension panel shows an image of the selected plate's profile.

With the mouse over the 3D View, you are prompted to Select Swaged Panel.

Select the required plate profile and plate and click either:

With the mouse over the 3D View, you are prompted to identify the Swaged Plane First Point.

Move the prompt to the required position and click the mouse, or specify values in the dimension fields and press Enter.

You are prompted to identify the Swaged Plate Second Point.

You are prompted to identify the Swaged Plate Third Point.

To undo your selection at any of these prompts, press the Down keyboard key and click the Back button.

To create another plate, click Select Swaged Panel when prompted. Otherwise, click Cancel, or press ESC.