Material Add Grating

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

Alternative: Invoke Material Add Grating 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 ) with the point location target at two different locations to define the work points and length ( X material axis ) of the grating. The first point you locate sets the grating material's left end .

Because its work points were located from left to right, the grating in this example is below the workline.

3 . The Grating Material window opens. On it are settings for the grating material you are adding.

3a : Specify the " Number of bearing bars ," the " Bearing bar depth ," " Bearing bar thickness ," " Bearing bar spacing ," " Cross bar depth ," " Cross bar thickness " and " Cross bar spacing " or use the defaults.

3b : Press the " OK " button to close the Grating Material window. Press " Cancel " to back up to step 2. This stops the grating from being added.

4 . The Rotate Material window opens. A preview of the to-be-added grating 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 grating 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 ." Locate- Repeat -Return mouse bindings become active.

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

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

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