Auto Draw Cladding

Form: Cladding Options

Click the Draw menu > Auto Draw  Cladding command to access the Cladding Options form. Use the for to specify where cladding will be applied . The intent of this command is to facilitate application of wind load.

The "cladding"consists of shell objects, with a None section property, that are added around the outermost perimeter of the structure. The cladding objects have no self weight or structural properties. These objects are intended to be selected before using the Assign menu > Shell Loads > Wind Pressure Coefficient command to apply wind load to the structure. The cladding objects can be selected using the  Select menu > Select > Labels > Shell Labels command to bring up the Select by Shell Label form; on that form the objects can be selected on a face-by-face basis (e.g., A1, A2, A3, A4).