Structural Design User Guide
Panel Fittings
Panel Fittings
Panel Fitting elements (PFIT) can be used to represent any item which is attached to a Panel. These can be used to indicate such things as the presence of the penetrating item or an ancillary item such as an inspection cover, doorway or manhole. A PFIT is positioned relative to the origin of its own panel.
Fittings are represented by these soft element types:
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Single
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Compound
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Sub-Compound elements.
As with the bolted joint, panel fittings can incorporate (or consist entirely of) negative volumes which represent holes in their owning panels.
A panel fitting is positioned relative to its owning panel’s origin by setting its Position (POSI) attribute and is orientated about an axis perpendicular to the panel by setting its Beta Angle (BANG) attribute. It can be justified to align its origin plane with the top face, centre plane, or bottom face of the panel by setting its Justification (SJUS) attribute. As an example, a stylised manhole might be defined like this:
When a new panel fitting is created, it is positioned automatically at the origin of its owning panel. It can then move it to the required position in any of the standard ways.
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