Creating Scallops

You can create scallops on the corners or at the edge of panels and plates.

Scallops are the openings created at intersections for draining water and venting out air.

Before you begin: Open a structure containing panels and plates.
See Also
About Scallops
Managing Scallops
Managing Openings
In Other Guides
Content for Structure Apps
  1. From the Detail section of the action bar, click Scallop on Panel and Plate .
    The Scallop dialog box appears.
  2. In the Applied on box, select a panel or a plate on which scallops are to be created.

    You can select multiple panels and plates.

    The possible corners on which the scallops can be created, are listed in the dialog box. The corners are highlighted in the 3D area. The Type column lists the type of positioning strategy.
  3. Select the required rows and click Create Scallop .
  4. In the Scallop Definition dialog box, define the scallop parameters.
    1. From the Category list, select the category for scallop.

      If no dictionary is set in Data Setup, only the default category is available.

    2. Optional: Clear the Automatic check box and type the required name in the Name box.

      Note: If a naming action rule is set in Rules Catalog or Rules Library in Data Setup, and the Automatic check box is selected, the structural object is named automatically according to naming action rule. For more information, see Action Rule for Naming.

    3. Under Position Strategy, select two limits.

      By default, the scallop positioning type is Limit/Limit. If you do not select any row, the scallop is created with the Limit/Offset positioning strategy.

    4. Select the contour type and contour name in the respective lists.

      Note: The snipe and clearance types are available only for the Limit/Limit position strategy.

      The Parameters area displays the contour parameters and a bitmap image of the contour.
      Note: If no opening table is defined in the Resources Catalog or the Resources Library resource, specified in Data Setup, the Type list becomes unavailable. But, you can still create the catalog, snipe, and clearance type scallops by clicking More... in the Name list and:
      • Selecting the required opening reference from the catalog or library, if the Structure Reference Catalog or the Structure Reference Library resource is specified in Data Setup.
      • Searching the required opening reference in the database, if no Structure Reference Catalog or Structure Reference Library resource is specified in Data Setup.
    5. Click Apply to apply the inputs.
    6. Click OK to save the applied inputs.
    The scallop parameters are defined. The contour type and contour name of the scallops are displayed in the respective columns of the Scallop dialog box. The scallops are created.
    Scallop on Corner

    Scallop on Edge

Tip: To create a scallop at the edge of a panel or plate by selecting split line of the seamed panel, you need to select the edge of the split plate as a Reference.

After creating the scallop, if you modify the definition of the seam, the scallop is not updated automatically.