The Offsets tab is accessible in the Bracing dialog only if limitations are not selected during definition of a bracing (upper and/or lower). Use the options on this tab to define offset values.
It is possible to specify values for offset of the bracing axis at each point of the connection between the bracing and a column. In the software, an upward offset is positive, and a downward offset is negative.
You can specify a value for the offset of the entire bracing plane (all components of the bracing). The following rule of signing this parameter is adopted:
- Positions of the following 2 points are assumed
- Point of intersection of the axes of the first column and first auxiliary line
- Point of intersection of the axes of the second column and second auxiliary line
- A vector perpendicular to this line is determined
- The offset compatible with the vector (compatible with the dextrorotatory rotation) is given the sign +.