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Displays when you place or modify slabs.

Quickly switch to another related placement command.

Slab Command

Places a slab in the model.

S3D_Wall Wall Command

Places curved and straight walls in the model.

Opening Command

Places an opening (hole) in a slab, wall, or member.

General

Parent System

Specifies the parent system for the object. Recently used systems that are appropriate to assign as the parent system for this object display in the list along with the Select from Workspace and Select from Model options. The most recently used system displays at the top.

The parent system of the object must have an Approval Status of Working before you can change the Parent System value. If the Approval Status of the parent system is not set to Working, this value is read-only.

Select Interactively

Turns on or off the interactive selection. When this option is on, you can select the parent object in a graphic view or any of the explorers.

Select from Workspace ICON Select from Workspace

Displays the Select Parent System Dialog with the Workspace tab open. The workspace is the subset of the active model database you specified when you started your design session. Navigate the hierarchy to select the parent system, and then select OK.

Select from Model ICON Select from Model

Displays the Select Parent System Dialog with the Model tab open. The model is all the objects in the active model database, including those that are not part of your workspace. Navigate the hierarchy to select the parent system, and then select OK.

Name

Specifies the naming rule that you want to use to name this slab.

Default Name Rule

Names the slab using the format "Slab-<location>-<index>" where <location> is the global workshare location ID and <index> is a unique index number that starts at 0001. For example, Slab-1-0043.

User Defined

Select to specify the slab name yourself in the Name box.

Type

Specifies the type of slab to place, such as a slab on grade or composite deck. The properties change depending on the slab type that you select. You can define a custom slab type in the StructSlabGeneral.xls workbook in the reference data. Refer to the Structural Reference Data Overview for more information.

Composition

Specifies the active slab composition. Available compositions depend on the type of slab being placed. You can define a custom composition using the StructSlabGeneral.xls and StructSlabLayer.xls workbooks in the reference data. Refer to the Structural Reference Data Overview for more information.

Face Position

Specifies the way in which the slab is placed in the model with respect to the support plane. To change the options on the list, edit the Slab Face Position select list in Catalog.

Center

Indicates that the slab is placed with respect to its centroidal axis.

SlabFacesCenter CONCEPT

Top

Indicates that the slab is placed with respect to its top face.

SlabFacesTop CONCEPT

Bottom

Indicates that the slab is placed with respect to its bottom face.

SlabFacesBottom CONCEPT

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the slab. The default thickness is based on the selected slab type and composition. If the slab has more than one layer, then the Total Thickness box is read-only.

Boundary Offset Reference

Specifies which part of the member the slab should use as the boundary when a member is used as a boundary for a slab. To change the options on the list, edit the Slab Boundary Reference select list in Catalog.

Inner port-face of a bounding member

Indicates that the slab stops at the inner-most plane of the bounding member.

Centerline (axis) of a bounding member

Indicates that the slab stops at the member-line axis of the bounding member. In the picture below, the beams were placed using cardinal point 8, which means the member-line axis is in the top center of the beams.

Outer port-face of a bounding member

Indicates that the slab stops at the out-most plane of the bounding member.

Plane and Boundaries

Plane Define Select Plane

Select the support plane of the slab. You can select multiple planes to place multiple slabs at the same time. For example, if you have a multi-story building with the same floor geometry and you want the same size and type of slab on each floor, you can select the plane for each floor. You can select each floor elevation plane, and then define the boundaries on one floor. The software uses the same boundaries for each elevation level and places the slabs. After placement, the slabs are unrelated to each other and can be edited as individual entities.

S3D_Plane_Coincidental Coincident

Select to specify that you want the slab placed on the support plane that you select in the model.

Four Points 3 Points Plane

Select to specify the support plane using three points that you specify in the model.

Offset

Specify the offset distance for the slab from the selected support plane.

S3D_Grids_ElevationPlane Sketching or Projection Plane

Select a new plane for sketching or for projecting the boundaries. If you do not define a plane, the support plane is used.

S3D_Plane_Coincidental Coincident Plane

Select to specify the plane to sketch on.

S3D_Boundary_Select Define Boundaries

Define the outside boundaries of the slab. You can define the slab boundaries by selecting objects in the model or by drawing the boundary. If you select objects in the model and those objects are moved, the software automatically resizes the slab to maintain the boundary relationship. For example, you can select the outside edge of a beam flange as a boundary along one side of a slab. Later, if the section size for the beam is changed and the flange edge moves out an inch, the software automatically moves the edge of the slab an inch to match the new location of the flange edge.

Plane Define Select Plane

Select the sketching plane. This plane does not need to be the same plane selected for slab placement.

Sketch Path Sketching

Opens the Sketching Controls that you can use to sketch the slab boundary.

S3D_Resolve_Ambiguity Ambiguity Control

If the boundaries that you selected can form the boundary for the slab in more than one way, then you have defined an ambiguous boundary. The software prompts you to select one or more bounded areas to clarify the required slab boundary. This control only appears when there is an ambiguous boundary.

Com_Trash Delete

Removes the selected object from the selected boundaries list. Use the Name and Offset Grid to select the boundary to delete.

Com_List_Clear Remove All

Removes all selected objects from the selected boundaries list. Remove All is not available if there is a sketched boundary in the boundary list. Use the Sketching Controls to delete sketched boundaries.

Name and Offset Grid

Define an offset distance for each boundary that you have defined. Select a row to highlight the boundary in the model. Then, type the distance from the boundary to place the edge of the slab. Type 0 to place the slab edge on the boundary. Type a negative number to offset the slab inside the boundary. Type a positive number to offset the slab outside the boundary. You cannot define offsets for sketch boundaries.

Name and Offset Table for Slab Boundaries

Com_Reset Reset

Resets the boundary list to the last accepted boundaries list.

Com_Checkmark Accept

Accepts and tentatively displays the slab using the parameters that you have defined.

Completion

Com_Cancel Cancel (ESC)

Cancels all changes and exits the command.

Finish (CTRL + ENTER)

Saves all changes and exits the command.

Finish Modify ICON Finish and Modify (CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER)

Saves all changes, and then selects the objects for modification.

Finish Repeat ICON Finish and Repeat (SHIFT + ENTER)

Saves all changes, and then restarts the command.