Catalogue Requirements for Bounded Plate Notches

When creating notches in bounded plates for profiles, two types of notches may be formed.

A Profile notch follows the outline of the structural profile and sets the plate back from the profile by the specified offset.

An Outline notch uses the extremities of the structural profile and sets the plate back from the extremities by the specified offset.

Additional geometry has been added to all the GTYPE geometry sets (GMSS) to enable the creation of Profile and Outline notches.

For Profile notches, the geometry is on Level 11 - 12 and is, essentially, a copy of the actual geometry on Level 4 - 8.

For Outline notches, the geometry is on Level 13 - 14 and is a rectangle covering the extremities of the profile.

The following GTYPEs, due to their shape, have a single additional geometry element on Level 11 - 14 that is used for both Profile and Outline notches:

• BOXG

• CTUB

• FBAR

• HBAR

• RBAR

• RTUB

The Level settings for the notch geometry should not be changed as the bounded plate utility uses the geometry on the stated levels.