Ring Wall

Structural Design User Guide

Create Walls : Ring Wall

A ring wall (WALL) 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).

On the WALLS AND FLOORS tab, in the Create group, click Walls, select Curved Wall from the drop-down list to display the Ring window.

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

The user must then select how the ring wall is created, from the Create Methods pane of the Ring Wall:


	Through 3 points	Creates a ring wall which passes through three defined points. The user is prompted to define three points in the 3D view.
	Derived from a picked item	Creates an offset ring wall on a structure that already exists. The user is prompted to pick an item in the 3D graphic view.
	Fillet	Creates a ring wall with a specified radius between two picked tangent lines.
	Tangential to 3 lines	Creates a ring wall which forms the tangents to three straight lines.
	Fixed radius, tangential to a circle	Creates a ring wall with a specified radius which touches another ring wall at one point.
	Fixed radius, passing through 2 points	Creates a ring wall with a specified radius which passes through two picked points which curves towards a picked direction.
	Tangential to a circle	Creates a ring wall which intersects a ring wall that already exists.
	Tangential to 2 circles	Creates a Ring wall which touches two other ring walls tangentially.
	Derived diameter	Creates a Ring wall from three defined points.
	Derived diameter on working plane	Creates a ring wall on the working plane irrespective of the distance above the working plane the wall parameters are defined.
	Fixed diameter	Creates a ring wall with a fixed diameter around a single point.
	Fixed diameter on working plane	Creates 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	Creates a ring wall to a predetermined radius.
	Derived radius on the working plane	Creates 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	Creates a ring wall with a fixed radius.
	Fixed radius on the working plane	Creates 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	Creates a ring wall explicitly. Refer to next section.

If required the user can create a ring wall explicitly. To do this, from the Creation Methods pane of the Ring Wall window, select Define Explicitly. A Confirm window is displayed:

Click OK to replace the Define Ring Section, the Create Section (Ring) window is displayed.

Or click No to close the Confirm window.

The user must set the radius of the new section ring, by default the radius is 1000.00mm. From the Settings pane of the Create Section (Ring) window, input the required radius for the wall in the Radius field.

From the Angles pane of the Create Section (Ring) window, set the Angles for the start and finish positions of the segment of wall (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 Section (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 is displayed in the 3D view and in the model explorer.

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

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