Material Add Rolled Plate

1 . Click the Material Add Rolled Plate icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be found on the Material page > Add section. Select a member you want to add the material to.

Method 2: Preselect a Member to enable the Members contextual page and click the Material Add Rolled Plate icon found in the Materials/Components section.

Alternative: Invoke Material Add Rolled Plate using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the icon, which is pictured above.

 Learn more about alternative methods for launching commands.

2 . The status line prompts, " Add: Material ." Locate- Pan -Return mouse bindings become active. Select the appropriate Locate option, then left-click ( Locate ) at two different points to define the work line (and X material axis ) of the rolled plate to be between those two points. The following illustration shows that laying out the rolled plate from left-to-right versus right-to-left.

Alternative: Left-click (Locate) twice at the same location to define a cross section of the rolled plate material. The material's workline will be perpendicular to your current view. The first left-click establishes the material's origin point at the work plane of your view. The material extends toward you from the its origin point.

3 . The Rolled Plate Material window opens. On it are settings for the rolled plate you are adding. When you are done changing or reviewing the settings, press the "OK" button to close the window.

Alternative : Press "Cancel" to back up to step 2. This stops the rolled plate from being added.

4 . The Rotate Material window opens, and a preview of the to-be-added rolled plate is shown on screen. Do one (1) of the following:

Alternative 1 : To accept the material's present rotation, press the "OK" button.

Alternative 2 : Change the material's rotational settings and then press "OK" if you want to rotate the material.

Alternative 3 : Press "Cancel" to back up to step 2. This stops the rolled plate from being added.

5 . The status line prompts, "Locate material dimension reference point". Left-click (Locate) the reference point at the desired location or Right-click (Enter) to place the reference point at the first work point you located in step 2.

6 . The status line prompts "Add: material". The Locate - Repeat - Return mouse bindings become active.

Alternative 1 : Repeat steps 2-5 if you want to add a rolled plate that is different than the one you just added.

Alternative 2 : Middle-click (Repeat) if you want to add a rolled plate that is exactly like the one you just added.

Alternative 3 : Right-click (Return) to add the rolled plate material to the model and end the command.

Note : If the material was added to a member with like members, the Material Add -- Options window appears and gives you the option to add the material to like members. After making your choice here and clicking OK, the material is added to the model and the command ends.