About Parametric Plate

• You can create an axis system by clicking . You can select multiple axis systems.
• You can also instantiate the powercopy of an axis system by clicking . The instantiated axis systems at the selected inputs appear in the 3D Axis box.

  By default, these axis systems are added to the Construction Set node, under the parametric plate representation in the tree. You can change the destination while instantiation.

  Notes:

  • If the name of the powercopy input has _Multi suffix, you can select multiple inputs and thus multi-instantiate the axis system.
  • Parameters published during powercopy creation are displayed under the Parameter section. You can edit the parameter value.
  • You can click to add sub-parameters to the parameter node. You can modify the value of each sub-parameter. Click to delete the sub-parameter.

Select stiffeners in the work area. The selection appears in the Stiffener boxes. You can select multiple stiffeners.

Select stiffeners in the work area. The selection appears in the Stiffener boxes. You can select multiple stiffeners.

Select a plate or a panel in the work area. Click to toggle the orientation of the plate or the panel.

When you select a seamed panel, the thickness of the panel is taken into account to limit the parametric plate. To take into account thicknesses of split plates, you can select the Limit for bracket/stiffener/stiffener on free edge check box available at Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Multi Discipline Engineering > Structure Design > General > Allow Thickness Compensation Considering Split Plates On. The parametric plate will be limited to the split plate that has the highest thickness, provided that the support of the parametric plate intersects with the split plate.

You can also:

• Select the reference plane by clicking in the Support Toolbox.
• Create a plane or a surface to define the support using other commands available in the Support Toolbox.

To modify the selected support, click the button to display the elements list. Click to remove the selected support. To replace the selected support, click and select another support from the work area.

You can specify the offset value in the box next to Support box.

• If you want to have a common offset value for multiple supports, ensure that the Common support offset check box is selected.
• If you want to give an individual offset to each support, clear the Common support offset check box. Click the button. The element list appears displaying multiple supports. Enter the required offset value for each support.

You can select:

• Geometrical entity.
• Structural object (plate, panel, or stiffener).
  • When you select a stiffener, an appropriate face (MoldedFlange2 or WebInner+) of the stiffener is automatically selected as a limiting element. If you invert the limit in case of the WebInner+ face, the WebInner- face gets selected.

  • When you select a seamed panel, the thickness of the panel is taken into account to limit the parametric plate. To take into account thicknesses of split plates, you can select the Limit for bracket/stiffener/stiffener on free edge check box available at Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Multi Discipline Engineering > Structure Design > General > Allow Thickness Compensation Considering Split Plates On. The parametric plate will be limited to the split plate that has the highest thickness, provided that the support of the parametric plate intersects with the split plate.

    Warning: Modification of the check box status is applied only to new parametric plates. The modification will be applied to old parametric plates only when the corresponding limiting plates/panels are modified.

• A volume or a closed surface.
• Particular faces of flanges created on a plate. You need to press Ctrl or Alt during the selection. Pressing Ctrl highlights the faces near the pointer, whereas pressing Alt displays the list of nearby faces.

  If you select a face of a flange as a limit and you want to select the associated panel or plate as another limit, you need to press Ctrl or Alt and select a face of the panel or plate.

• Particular faces of the stiffener (flange or web) as the limiting elements for the plate. Press the Alt key while selecting the stiffener. It displays the faces which can be selected as a limit.

Click to change the orientation of the selected limits.