Identifying P-lines

Keywords

PPLINE IDPLINE

Description

A p-line may be identified in either of the following ways:

• By reference to its PKEY attribute (refer to Catalogs and Specifications for details of how this is set) and its owning element (if this is not the current element).

• By picking it on the display using the cursor.

  Examples
  PPLINE TOS	Specifies the Top-of-Steel p-line of the current element.
  PPLINE BOS OF /BEAM2	Specifies the Bottom-of-Steel p-line of /BEAM2.
  IDPLINE @	Specifies the p-line to be picked using the cursor.

Command Syntax

(This is the <plin> syntax referred to elsewhere in this manual.)

>--+-- PPLINe -- word --+-- OF  <gid> --.
   |                    |               |
   |                    ‘---------------+
   |                                    |
   ‘--- IDPLine -- @ ----------------------+-->

where word is the setting of the p-line’s PKEY attribute, as defined in the Catalog; for example: Top of Steel (TOS), Bottom of Steel (BOS), Neutral Axis (NA), Near Face (NF), Far Face (FF), etc.