Split STI

Purpose:

To create two new groups of stiffeners from an existing group by splitting each stiffener into two.

Prerequisites:

A panel must be active. If there is no active panel, panel activation is prompted prior to performing this function. A stiffener must exist in the active panel. The group of stiffeners must be displayed in the required view, otherwise selection is not possible. In this function, a group of stiffeners can also be taken to mean a single stiffener.

Instruction:

Indicate 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 a group of stiffeners are the same types that can be used to terminate a stiffener in the initial generation for example, another stiffener, a seam, a hole or a panel.

Options:

Options is used to switch between using a line or a component to split the group of stiffeners.

Result:

If the group is split by defining a line, the entire group will be split into two groups, with the new group being inserted at the end of the scheme. If the group is split by a component, then it may be the case that not all objects in the group intersect the component. In this situation, the objects that do not intersect are left in the original group, and two new groups are inserted at the end of the scheme.