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 (see the Catalogues and Specifications User Guide for further information 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 Catalogue; for example: TOS (Top of Steel), BOS (Bottom of Steel), NA (Neutral Axis), NF (Near Face), FF (Far Face),