Punch check position - review and modify

Tekla Structural Designer
Modified: 21 Mar 2025
2025
Tekla Structural Designer

Punch check position - review and modify

Use the Show/Alter State command Punch check position attribute in a Review View to graphically modify the assumed punching shear check position so as to determine the loaded perimeter when the perimeter is close to a free edge.

  1. Open a view and switch the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review ribbon, click Show/Alter State.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Punch check position.
  5. To change the punching shear check position, do one of the following:
    To Do this
    Switch the punching shear check position between Edge Z and Internal
    • Click the Z edge of a punching check item.
    Switch the punching shear check position between Edge Y and Internal
    • Click the Y edge of a punching check item.
    Switch the punching shear check position between Corner, Edge Z, Edge Y and Internal
    • Click a corner of a punching check item.
    Note:

    Clicking an internal punching check item does not change the punching shear check position.

    Tip:
    You can also box around multiple punching check item to switch their position. Do one of the following:
    • Hold down the left mouse button and drag a box from left to right to switch the position setting of all punch check items within the box.
    • Hold down the left mouse button and drag a box from right to left to switch the position setting of all punch check items within the box or cut by the box.
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