Welded Wire Mesh Material

On this page :

• General description
• Entering section sizes
• Submaterial piece marking
• Adding welded wire mesh sections to the model
• Modifying welded wire mesh

Also see :

• Welded wire mesh layout
• Welded Wire Mesh Material window

General description :

• Welded wire mesh (also known as "welded wire fabric") consists of a grid horizontal and vertical wires. However, it appears in the model as a continuous sheet.

Entering sizes :

• Modeling does not apply a standard description to welded wire mesh. You can enter a size designation conforming to the ASTM standard (e.g., WWM 6x8 - W8.0xW4.0 ) to a " Description " cell in the Drawing Editor bill editor.
• Welded wire mesh is not found in any SDS2 shape file. It is generated based on settings stored in the Welded Wire Mesh Material window, and on the workpoints you enter when you model it.

Submaterial piece marking :

• The material mark prefix for welded wire mesh is wwm .

Adding welded wire mesh sections to the model :

• You can add welded wire mesh material as submaterial to a member using Add Material .
• You can add welded wire mesh as a member using Add Miscellaneous Member .
• If you add welded wire mesh to the 3D model as either a miscellaneous member or submaterial, what you get depends on the way you add work points and the specifications you enter to the Welded Wire Mesh Material window.

Modifying welded wire mesh :

• Existing welded wire mesh sections can be modified using Edit Material (double-click the material) to open the Welded Wire Mesh Material window.
• Welded wire mesh sections can also be modified using material functions such as Exact Fit and Cut on Plane .
• You can change the spatial orientation of a material within the global coordinate system using Move/Stretch Member or Move/Stretch Members, Include Material or Move Material or Rotate Material or by changing the material's " Reference location X ," " Reference location Y " or " Reference elevation " on the General Information window.