Split ST

Purpose:

To split stiffeners at the intersection with a given line or a selected intersecting component. The selection of stiffeners to be split can be made as the complete group of stiffeners or an individual stiffener within a group.

Prerequisites:

A panel must be active. If there is no active panel, panel activation is prompted prior to performing this function.

Instructions:

Indicate the stiffener or the group of stiffeners to be split. Choose a line definition from the displayed sub-menu. Indicate of the location of the line to split the group. If preferred, components may be used to split stiffeners. The types of components that can be used to split stiffeners are any of the types: another stiffener, a seam, a hole or a panel.

Options:

Options can activated in two situations:

1. When selecting stiffeners to be split, the Option button is used to toggle between group selection and individual stiffener selection.

2. When selecting intersecting element, the Option button is used to toggle between line definition and selection of an intersecting component..

Result:

The selected stiffeners are split. If a group of stiffeners are selected and an intersecting component is selected instead of a line, then it may be the case that not all stiffeners in the group intersect the component. In this situation, the stiffeners that do not intersect are left in the original group, and a new group with the updated stiffeners is inserted.