6. SLABS

CHAPTER 6 "SLABS" 17 With this command, the program automatically determines the support conditions of the plates, which must be previously identified and modelled. The notation used by the program is : : credit : support (articulation) : free end Initially the program considers free edges at edge positions, supports where there is no continuity with another plate and buttressing where there is. 2.5.1 Overall Select the command to set the support conditions automatically and globally for all modelled slabs of the active floor. 2.5.2 Selectively Select the command to set the support conditions globally, that after calling the command you point the mouse at an interior point of the plate(s) you want to see the support conditions. 2.5.3 Edit Select the command to modify the support conditions of the plates. Calling the command displays the specified support conditions for each identified plate on the screen. The change is made by moving the mouse over them and pressing the left mouse button. At each press the transition from one condition to another is made: credit support free end.