You can create stand-alone bent plates which do not require any input parts to be selected. Use stand-alone bent plates to model cylindrical and conical parts, such as hoods, hoppers, cones, and so on.
Limitations
- Tekla Structures does not support full 360 degree stand-alone bent plates. However, you can create 359 degree plates instead.
- Use the local coordinate system in drawing creation.
- Unfolded drawings of less than 180 degree conical bent plates work correctly. However, with more than 180 degree conical bent plates there might be some unexpected results in the drawing creation.
In addition to the stand-alone bent plates, you can also create cylindrical and conical bent plates either by selecting two parts or two part faces. The parts that you use for creating a bent plate must be contour plates, or beams whose profile is a plate.
- Ensure thatDirect modification is switched on.
- On the Steel tab, click .
- Define the first radius of the bend:
- Pick the center point.
- Pick the start point for the arc.
- Pick the end point for the arc.
The picking order defines the up direction. For example, if you create an arc on the xy plane in the counterclockwise direction, the up direction points to the positive z axis, according to the right-hand rule.
- Pick a point to define the height of the bend.
Alternatively, you can enter the height in the bent plate contextual toolbar.
- Define the second radius of the bend:
- Pick a point based on the preview of the plate.
- If you want to change the direction of the plate after you have picked a point, click the left mouse button.
Alternatively, if you want to create a cylindrical bend, click the middle mouse button. In this case the radius 2=radius 1.
- To complete the bent plate creation, click the middle mouse button.