Material Add Bent Plate

1 . Click the Material Add Bent 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 Bent Plate icon found in the Materials/Components section.

Alternative: Invoke Material Add Bent 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". Select a Locate option, then left-click (Locate) to place two work points that define the material's longitudinal axis (around which the material is bent). The first point establishes the material reference point (the pivot point around which subsequent rotation takes place). Unless you Rotate the material around its Z axis, the " Leg 1 length " will be perpendicular to the workline between these two points.

3 . The Bent Plate Material window opens. On it are settings for the bent plate that you are adding. The settings in this window are filled out with default settings or the settings that match the last bent plate that you added or edited in your current Modeling session. Press the "OK" button when you are done with the settings in this window.

Alternative : Press "Cancel" to repeat step 2.

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

Alternative 1 : Press the " OK " button to accept the material's present rotation.

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 bent 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 bent plate that is different than the one you just added.

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

Alternative 3 : Right-click (Return) to add the bent 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.