Model Reference Manual
Structural Design Using Catalogue Components : Positioning and Orientating Using P-lines : Identifying P-lines
Identifying P-lines
Keywords:
PPLINE IDPLINE
Description:
A p-line may be identified in either of the following ways:
•
By reference to its PKEY attribute (refer to Catalogues and Specifications User Guide for details of how this is set) and its owning element (if this is not the current element).
•
By picking it on the display using the cursor.
 
Examples: 
PPLINE TOS
Specifies the Top-of-Steel p-line of the current element.
PPLINE BOS OF /BEAM2
Specifies the Bottom-of-Steel p-line of /BEAM2.
IDPLINE @
Specifies the p-line to be picked using the cursor.
Command Syntax:
(This is the <plin> syntax referred to elsewhere in this manual.)
>--+-- PPLINe -- word --+-- OF  <gid> --.
   |                    |               |
   |                    ‘---------------+
   |                                    |
   ‘--- IDPLine -- @ ----------------------+-->
where word is the setting of the p-line’s PKEY attribute, as defined in the Catalogue; for example: TOS (Top of Steel), BOS (Bottom of Steel), NA (Neutral Axis), NF (Near Face), FF (Far Face), etc.
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