Displays the options that you use to place a standalone stiffener profile part in the model.
Profile by Intersection Properties
Opens the Profile Part Properties Dialog, which you use to view and modify the properties of the profile part that you are about to place in the model. If the profile part is placed on a plate system, the initial settings default from the parent plate system.
Plate System
Select the plate system or part to stiffen. You can select multiple plate systems to place multiple stiffener profiles systems at the same time. The software uses the same information for each stiffener profile system. After placement, the stiffener profiles are unrelated to each other and can be edited as individual entities.
Section Type
Select the cross section type for the profile.
Section Size
Select the cross section size for the profile.
Name
Displays the name of the stiffener profile that you are placing.
Landing Curve
Select the grid planes that intersect the plate system or part at which to place the stiffener profiles.
Position Cross-Section
Select the plate side, mounting face, load point, and flange direction. See the Position Definition controls described below.
Orientation Cross-Section
Defines the orientation of the profile cross-section.
Position Definition
Flip Side
Defines the side of the plate system or profile part on which the profile part is placed. Clicking the control toggles the profile between the two sides.
Flip Direction
Defines the flange direction for an unsymmetrical profile cross section. Clicking the control toggles the flange between the two sides.
Mounting Face
Defines the mounting face of the profile part.
Load Point
Defines the load point of the profile part. Only the load points for the defined mounting face are displayed.
Boundary Definition
Define the boundaries of the stiffener profile. You can define the boundaries by selecting objects in the model. If you select objects in the model, and those objects are moved, the software automatically resizes the stiffener profile to maintain the boundary relationship.
Boundary Definition Controls
Pick Boundaries
Selects objects in the model or in the Workspace Explorer to define the boundaries. This option is only available when you are defining the boundaries.
Solve Ambiguity
If the objects that you selected in the model for the boundary define an ambiguous solution, then the software prompts you to select one bounded section to clarify the needed boundary. This ambiguity only occurs if one of the boundaries, such as the hull, wraps around both sides of object. Move the cursor over a bounded section, and then click to select.
Boundary List
Opens the Boundary List Dialog, which allows you to review and define the boundaries.
Boundary 1
Select the first boundary.
Boundary 2
Select the second boundary.
Finish
Places the plate system using the defined parameters.
Cancel
Clears all selected objects.
Accept
Accepts all selected objects.