Panels and Plates

The Panels and Plates application is another structural design application. Its functionality allows you to add a floor plate to a structure that already exists. It also demonstrates some of the facilities provided for detailing panels.

The facilities in this chapter show how to add planar material to a design model in any orientation. Throughout this text, the term panel is used for such items in all descriptions, regardless of whether the element represents a horizontal floor plate, a vertical wall panel, a sloping roof panel, or any similar planar item.