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Smart 3D Version
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13.0(2016)

In this workflow, use additional options to place a manual view for non-shell plates. These options display when you set the Associate Objects to View Command property to Expansion in the General tab in the Edit Ruleset View Style Dialog.

  1. In Smart 3D, switch to a task other than Drawings and Reports, such as Molded Forms or Structural Detailing.

  2. Select Tools > Drawing Console.

  3. Right-click a drawing document, and select Edit to open SmartSketch Drawing Editor. In the Drawings View Explorer, a single sheet displays as a child of the drawing document.

  4. In SmartSketch Drawing Editor, click the Place View command. Click and drag in the drawing area to place a graphic view and open the Drawing View Properties dialog displays.

  5. On the View tab, select More for the Style property to open the Select View Style dialog.

  6. Navigate through the hierarchy to Ruleset Styles. Select an appropriate steel order ruleset view style, such as Steel Order (Reference Plane), and click OK to display additional properties in the View tab of the Drawing View Properties dialog.

  7. On the View tab, type a value for Name.

  8. On the View tab, select the needed values for Coordinate System, Scale Family, and User Selected Scale.

  9. On the View tab, select Shell Expansion for Plate as the Orientation Rule value and click OK. In the Drawings View Explorer, the view displays as a child of the drawing sheet.

  10. Select the graphic view in the drawing area, and click the Associate Objects to Views command.

  11. Select the 3D application window to make it the active window. The Associate ribbon displays in the 3D window.

  12. Click Expansion Surface , and then select the root or leaf plate systems to see in the manual view.

    You can only select systems, not parts.

    Select Plate Systems

  13. Click Cutting Plane Axis , and then select the axis whose child planes are parallel to the expansion direction from the Workspace Explorer.

    Girth lengths are measured along curves defined by the intersection of each plate system and each cutting plane.

  14. Click Base Plane Definition , and then select the base plane that defines the start point for girth measurements.

  15. Specify any additional options as necessary. For example, you can select the offset plane, as shown below.

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    Plate Curve

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    Offset Plane

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    Base Plane

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    Distance from the offset plane to the start point of the plate curve

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    Distance from the base plane to the start point of the plate curve

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    Normal of the offset plane pointing to the plate

  16. Click Finish on the Associate ribbon to complete the association to the drawing view.

    In SmartSketch Drawing Editor, preview geometry of the selected non-shell plates displays.

    NonShell Plates Manual View