Create Ring Wall

Structural Design User Guide

Walls and Floors : Create Walls : Create Ring Wall

Creates a Ring Wall (WALL) which is a soft type element of a Generic Section (GENSEC), used to represent a wall created by extruding a catalogue profile, spine shape which follows a circular arc (up to a full circle).

The Circle Definition part of the Ring Wall window, defines whether the wall is a full circle or a semi circle.

You must then select how the ring wall is created, from the Create Methods part of the Ring Wall:


	Through 3 points	Click to create a ring wall which passes through three defined points. You are prompted to define three points in the 3D view.
	Derived from a picked item	Click to create an offset ring wall on a structure that already exists. You are prompted to pick an item in the 3D view.
	Fillet	Click to create a ring wall with a specified radius between two picked tangent lines.
	Tangential to 3 lines	Click to creates a ring wall which forms the tangents to three straight lines.
	Fixed radius, tangential to a circle	Click to create a ring wall with a specified radius which touches another ring wall at one point.
	Fixed radius, passing through 2 points	Click to create a ring wall with a specified radius which passes through two picked points and curves towards a picked direction.
	Tangential to a circle	Click to create a ring wall which intersects a ring wall that already exists.
	Tangential to 2 circles	Click to create a ring wall which touches two other ring walls tangentially.
	Derived diameter	Click to create a ring wall from three defined points.
	Derived diameter on working plane	Click to create a ring wall on the working plane. The wall is created irrespective of the distance above the working plane and the wall parameters are defined.
	Fixed diameter	Click to create a ring wall with a fixed diameter around a single point.
	Fixed diameter on working plane	Click to create a ring wall with a fixed diameter around a single point. The wall is created on the working plane irrespective of the distance the single point is above the working plane.
	Derived radius	Click to create a ring wall to a predetermined radius.
	Derived radius on the working plane	Click to create a ring wall to a predetermined radius. The wall is created on the working plane irrespective of the distance the predetermined radius points are above the working plane.
	Fixed radius	Click to create a ring wall with a fixed radius.
	Fixed radius on the working plane	Click to create a ring wall with a fixed radius. The wall is created on the working plane irrespective of the distance the fixed radius points are above the working plane.
	Define explicitly	Click to create a ring wall explicitly. A Confirm window displays: Click OK to replace the Define Ring Section, the Create Wall (Ring) window displays. Or click No to close the Confirm window. Refer to Create Ring Wall Explicitly for further information.

Create Ring Wall Explicitly

Explicitly defines the settings, position and orientation of a ring wall.

You must set the radius of the new ring wall, by default the radius is 1000.00mm. From the Settings part of the Create Wall (Ring) window, input the required radius for the wall in the Radius field.

From the Angles part of the Create Wall (Ring) window, set the angles for the start and finish positions of the wall segment (between 0 and 360). By default, the start angle is 0 and the end angle is 180. Then click Anti-clockwise or Clockwise.

From the Position and Orientation panes of the Create Wall (Ring) window:

Select the position the wall is to originate from and where it is located.

Select the orientation of the wall to the working plane.

Click Apply to create the ring wall, the wall displays in the 3D view and in the Model Explorer.

Or click Dismiss to discard information and close the Create Wall (Ring) window.

To flip the ring wall 90 degrees, click Flip Sense.