Material and Orientation Tab

The Material and Orientation tab controls the parameters related to material, thickness and orientation.

This dialog box contains controls for:

This page discusses:

Material, Thickness and Section

Show Preferred List Only
Select this check box to show only recommended combinations of material-grade and thickness/section.
Note: If the material tables are not set in the Data Setup, then this option is unavailable.
Material
Select a material from the list.
If no Resources Catalog or Resources Library resource is set in Data Setup, you can click More... to search and select the material from database.
Thickness
Select a thickness value in the Thickness list. The thickness value is pre-selected based on your previous session. If you select More... in the list, then the Table Browser dialog box appears.
Section
Select the section standard, the section shape, and the required section size. A section is pre-selected based on the previous session. When the Resources Catalog or the Resources Library resource is set in Data Setup and you select More... in the list, then the Table Browser dialog box appears. When no Resources Catalog or Resources Library is set in Data Setup and you select More..., you can search and select the section reference from the database. If you select a parametric section reference from the database, the Size list is updated with the available sizes and then you can select the required section size.
Important:
  • If the Show Preferred List only check box is selected, the Table Browser dialog box displays a list of recommended combination of material-grade and thickness/section only.
  • If the Show Preferred List only check box is cleared, and when the repository is retrieved, the previously selected 10 thickness values are displayed in the Thickness/Size list for quick selection.
  • If the Show Preferred List only check box is cleared, and when the repository is not retrieved, a thickness value/section appears based on your previous session.
Tip: If the material tables are set in the Data Setup, then any one of the following symbols appear next to the Material-Grade and the Thickness/Size boxes.

  • The symbol indicates that the selected combination of material-grade and thickness/section is preferred.
  • The symbol indicates that the selected combination of material-grade and thickness/section is not preferred.
  • The symbol indicates that the selected combination of material-grade and thickness/section is not defined in the Material Table.

Orientation

Side
Select the side on which you want to apply the thickness. The administrator sets the default value. You can click Flip to toggle the orientation.
Center
Select Center to apply thickness equally on both sides of the support.
Offset
If you do not want to apply equal thickness on both sides, select the Offset option and enter the offset value in the corresponding box.