2. MODELING

CHAPTER 2 "MODELLING" 6 • By pressing the button in succession: you can see the views of the pole with the specific cross-section The cross-section of the column is formed in the window which is shaped based on the geometry you have selected and the dimensions you have entered. Here you also see the local yy and zz axes of the cross-section and you can select the insertion point (blue points). The selected insertion point is red. PLANTED PILLAR • " Planted ": if you wish to install a planted substructure check the option and insert the cross-section at the first (lower) level, on the beam where "planted", while in the next level up (and in all subsequent levels) you insert it on the corresponding beams, but without checking the "Planted" option. To connect to the beam on which it "clicks", select (at each level): " Tools >> Beam Partitioning " and left click on the beam (at each level). • " Register - Select ": the user can create his own cross-section library, through the "Register" command, and call it at any time through the "Select" command, without having to define the same cross-sections each time. • " Info " (Details) : select to see all the geometric and inertial data of the specific cross-section. The list of concrete cross-sections includes standard, parametric and random cross-sections. To define a Random Cross-section use the Cross-sections command Concrete in the Library field of the Modeling Module, which is described in detail in the relevant chapter.