Manually Created Snipes

Multi-Discipline Supports User Guide

Add Snipes to Steelwork Members : Create Snipes : Manually Created Snipes

To create/modify snipes manually, on the Sections tab, in the Tools group, click Snipe to display the Snipes window.

Identify the section which is to have a snipe added by entering a name in the Modifying Section text box or clicking CE to modify the current element, if it is an angle section.

Select the Select Angle Leg radio button required, Top or Left.

Make the required selection using the Select Sniped End radio button. If the Identify by Cursor icon

is activated, then the sniped end of the angle section can be picked directly from the 3D graphical view. If the Auto function is enabled, the snipe is created immediately after picking, to speed up the process.

Enter values into the Snipe Length and Snipe Height fields. If the Lock/Unlock icon

is activated, the two values are locked together, and changing one changes the other.

The values are checked when entered. If a value is less than the minimum (fixed at 10mm) then it is reset to the minimum. If it is greater than the maximum, it is reset to the maximum size. The maximum size depends on the angle section size and is calculated using the difference between the size of the angle leg where the snipe is intended/created and the thickness of the angle leg.

Click Create to confirm creation of the snipe.

Repeat the above steps to create further snipes. Click Cancel to terminate snipe creation.

If a snipe already exists at the selected end, its size can be changed by entering new values for the snipe length and height, then clicking Modify.

Click Delete to remove an existing snipe.