Tower Leg

 

 

 

Use the Tower Leg feature to easily model the legs of complex 3-D steel tower structures.

 

 

 

From the Main Menu select Structure> Wizard > Tower Leg.

 

 

 

 Tower Leg Wizard

 

Leg No.

  Enter the section ID.

 

Show Dimension

  Show the leg dimensions in preview.

 

W

  Enter the horizontal and vertical lengths at the top leg.

 

H

  Enter the height of each leg.

 

 

 Use Leg

 

 

Number of Panels: Number of panels in the selected Leg

 

W1: Lower width of the selected leg

 

W2: Top width of selected leg

 

H: Height of selected leg

 

Select Type: Shape of the front and plane

 

Boundary Condition: Support condition.

 

 

: Edit the selected the leg information.

 

: Delete the selected the leg information.

 

 

 Insert Point

 

Insert Point

  Enter the position to insert the created leg.

   (A) Click the input box and then select the position on the modeling screen.

   (B) Input location information from the keyboard.

 

 

 Rotations

 

Rotations

  Enter the angle to rotate when inserting the generated leg.

  (Unit: Degree)

 

    Alpha: Rotation angle about the global coordinate system X axis.

    Beta: Rotation angle about the global coordinate system Y axis.

    Gamma: Rotation angle about the global coordinate system Z axis.

 

 

 Origin Point

 

Origin Point

  Select the node of the Leg to be placed at the Insert Point.

  If you select Origin Point, it will be displayed as a red node in preview.

 

: Close the wizard after inserting the Leg into the modeling screen.

: Close the wizard.

 : Insert the Leg into the modeling screen and close the wizard.