6. SLABS

CHAPTER 6 "SLABS" 10 After defining the last compact zone, press the right mouse button and return to the window where you can enter the rest of the plate's data such as its thickness, the dimensions of the diagonals and the gaps. The next section is about determining the thickness of the slab. - In the hs field enter the total thickness we want the slab to have in centimeters (cm). - In the ho field enter the thickness of the upper solid part of the slab in centimetres (cm). - In the hu field enter the thickness of the lower solid part of the plate in centimetres (if it is a Sandwich plate). If the plate is not a Sandwich plate this value is 0. The next section deals with the widths of the diagonals and the gaps between them. Enter for each direction the width of the beam and the gap respectively. - Address 1 is the address that is parallel to the side of the slab you indicate, when the program then asks you for the address where the blanks will be placed parallel. On single- address Zoellner plates, address 1 is the main address of the plate. - Address 2 is respectively the other address. If you check the "Integer Gaps" option integer blanks will be drawn. By pressing the "OK" button, the mathematical model of the selected plate appears on the screen and the program asks you to select the 1st direction (the side of the plate where the beam of the 1st direction will be parallel). Select a side from the plate model and the blank with the dimensions you have defined in the Geometric Elements is automatically placed in the centre of the plate. Then select a vertex of the blank and set from which vertex of the frame defined by the solid bands to start placing the blanks.