Breaking Profiles

You can break a profile (stiffener, stiffener on free edge, or member) to create multiple profiles respectively.

Before you begin: Open the structure that contains panels, plates, beams, stiffeners, and stiffeners on free edges.
  1. From the Operation section of the action bar, click Break Profile .
    The Break Profile dialog box appears.
  2. In the Profile box, select a profile (a stiffener, a stiffener on free edge, or a member).

    You can also select multiple profiles.

  3. In the Splitting Object box, select a splitting object.

    The splitting object can be a plane, a curve, a surface, a stiffener, or a plate. The splitting object must intersect the profile.

    Tip: You can use Elements List to display the list of the profiles and the splitting objects selected. You can remove or replace the previously selected splitting objects.

  4. Click OK.
    To break the profile, the objects must be saved. If they are not saved, a warning message is displayed.
  5. Click Yes.
    The objects are saved and the selected profile is broken into multiple profiles. These profiles can be identified as individual profiles in the tree and the 3D area.

Notes:
  • The number of profiles after the break operation depends on the number of splitting objects. For example, if you select only one cutting object, the profile will be broken in two profiles, though the cutting object is intersecting the profile at multiple locations. The intersection closest to the start extremity is taken into account.
  • If a profile is a limiting element, after breaking it, the limits for the impacted limited elements are updated. An appropriate limited element is selected from the split profiles, the inputs are automatically rerouted and the limiting element list is updated.
  • If the limiting profile exists in another product, after breaking it, you need to manually reroute the limits for the impacted element.
  • The limit type for new extremities is the default limit type set in the preferences.
  • All the detailing features such as openings, endcuts, slots, etc. are rerouted correctly and are present at the original location only.
  • If a standard opening on the profile is intersected, it is managed as follows:
    Intersection is offset from the center of the opening




    The profile that has opening's center will have the opening.