Split

The Split function divides one or more shell stiffeners into a larger number of shell stiffeners by intersecting them with some other objects. These "splitting objects" can be seams, temporary curves, planes, shell profiles or plane panels.

When the Split function is first selected, you are asked to select what kind of object you want to use for the splitting. After that shell stiffeners will either be picked from the select list or, if none are present, you will be asked to indicate the shell stiffeners on the screen, finishing your selection with Operation Complete. Next, the splitting objects are fetched, either from the select list (if present) or by you picking them in a view. When these steps are finished, the splitting is done and the new shell stiffeners are put on the select list.

When a shell stiffener is split against a splitting object, the result will be two new shell stiffeners replacing the old one. When you split a shell stiffener by intersecting it with a panel or a shell profile, the two shell stiffener ends adjacent to the panel or shell profile will be slightly offset, compensating for the material thickness of the splitting object.

It is possible to split one or more shell stiffeners at a time, as well as intersecting it (them) with one or more splitting objects at the same time. However, it is not possible to split with different kinds of splitting objects in one operation.

The end definitions (end cut, connection code ) of the two new shell stiffeners resulting from a split operation will be the same as for the corresponding end of the original stiffener. The stiffener ends at the intersection point will get default end definitions (perpendicular end cuts and connection codes as when a profile is first created).