Use the options on the Dividing tab to divide a purlin along its length. For Dividing points, specify points at which purlins will be divided along their length. Locations of the points are determined by specifying the X coordinate with respect to the coordinate system defined by points P1, P2, and P3. For Splitting distance, specify a value of the distance between successive parts of a purlin.
If purlins are made of Z-profiles, they may be connected by a lap joint, and the options under Lap connection will be available.
If the Generate bolts option is selected, this will be a bolted lap connection. Define parameters of a bolted connection (a number of rows and columns of bolts, a bolt grade, and so on) in the lower part of the dialog.
At the bottom of the dialog is the Use template selection field, which contains user-defined templates (schemes) of purlin distributions. After you define a distribution of purlins, you can save the settings by typing a name in the Use template field and clicking Save as template. In the future, after you begin to define a purlin distribution, you can select the name of a saved template so that all its parameters will be applied to the new purlin distribution.
Use the buttons at the bottom of the dialog:
- Apply - after you click this, the purlin distribution defined in the dialog is generated on the screen without closing the dialog. This lets you check whether the purlin distribution has been generated correctly.
- OK - click this to generate the defined purlin distribution and close the dialog.
- Hide - after you click this, the dialog is no longer visible on the screen. To restore the dialog display on the screen, press Esc.
- Close - click this to close the dialog without generating the purlin distribution.