Form: Shell Assignment - Openings
This features can be used to designate a shell object as an opening, such as a stair opening in a floor. Such openings are assumed to carry no load. Create an opening as follows:
Select a shell object.
Click the Assign menu > Shell > Openings command to access the Shell Assignment - Openings form.
Choose one of the following by highlighting it in the drop-down list:
Opening Designates the selected object as an opening.
Not an opening: Removes the designation as an opening from the selected area object.
Click
the Apply button to complete the assignment.
When the Apply button is used, the Shell Assignment - Openings form will remain
open until it is closed by clicking the Close
button. This
allows selection of another shell object(s), to which a different
assignments can be made.
If only one assignment is being made to only one set of selected objects,
the OK button
can be used to both apply the assignment and close the form.
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