Creating Slot with Composite Profile

The composite profiles are created using a plate, two plates, or a plate and a face plate. You can create slots for the free passage of such stiffeners.

Before you begin: Open a structure to create the slots and collars. The structure must contain penetrated elements (plates) and penetrating elements (composite profile).
See Also
About Slots and Collars
Managing Slots and Collars
In Other Guides
Content for Structure Apps
  1. From the Detail section of the action bar, click Slot with Composite Profile .
    The Slot with Composite Profile dialog box appears.
  2. In the Penetrated Elements box, select a plate.

    You can select multiple penetrated elements.

  3. In the Web Element box, select the plate of the composite profile.
    The selected plate acts as the web of the profile.
  4. Optional: Click Invert to switch the orientation of the plate.

    Important: Invert the face of the web to flip the slot horizontally.

  5. In the Flange Element box, select the second plate or the face plate of the composite profile.

    The selected plate acts as the flange of the profile.

    The Invert button next to the Flange Element becomes unavailable.
  6. In the Section list, select the section of the composite profile.

    Note: The list is unavailable if no material-section table is set in Data Setup.

  7. In the Slot and Collar Definition area, click Define/Edit Slot .
  8. In the Define Feature and Parameters dialog box, define the slot.
    1. In the Type list, select the slot type.
    2. In the Name list, select the required slot.

      The name of the slot section depends on the selected slot type.

      If no Resources Catalog or Resources Library resource is set in Data Setup, the Type list becomes unavailable and you can click More... in the Name list:

      • To select the required slot reference from the catalog or library, if the Structure Reference Catalog or the Structure Reference Library resource is set in Data Setup.
      • To search the required slot reference in the database, if no Structure Reference Catalog or Structure Reference Library resource is set in Data Setup.

    3. Optional: Keep the Linked to reference check box selected so as to link the instantiated slot with its slot reference.

      By default, this check box is selected when the slot is defined as linkable in the slot table.

    4. Select the forming mode from the list.
    5. Click Apply.
      The slot parameters are displayed under Slot. The bitmap image of the slot appears next to the parameters. If the selected slot type has a collar, the collar parameters are displayed under Collar.
      Important:
      • If the selected slot section does not contain any collar, the collar area becomes unavailable.
      • You cannot change the parameters for slot and collar, after clicking Apply.
    6. Optional: If the selected slot type has a collar, specify the material and orientation for the collar.
    7. Click OK.
    The defined slot is displayed in the Slot with Composite Profile dialog box and is also previewed in the 3D area.
    Tip: Click Invert button available next to the Flange Element box to invert the slot created for the composite profile containing only web element. The slot is inverted vertically.

    The below images show an example of the default slot created for the composite profile with only web element and the inverted slot.

    Default Slot Inverted Slot
  9. Click OK in the Slot With Composite Profile dialog box.
    The slot is created.

    Warning: If the composite profile is moved, the slot cannot be updated.