Explicit Endcut Parameters

The number of relevant explicitly given parameters (and their interpretation) is individual to a certain endcut and their total number is currently restricted to 6. At most three of them are dimension parameters (lengths) (identified by the parameter names a, b and c), and the remaining three are angles of the endcut (identified as a1, a2 and a3. a1 is always the angle in the web of the profile, a2 and a3 are angles in the flange(s) of the profile). The parameters must always be given in an order, specified for each endcut type.

The angle parameters always come last in the parameter list and are almost always optional. If they are not given they will be calculated automatically by the system if the profile end is connected. Otherwise they will by default be 90 degrees. If the designer explicitly assigns the angles the given values will take over the automatically calculated ones.

The user given parameters are normally not changed. An exception is the a-measure of certain endcuts.