Ladders - Rungs

Use the options on the Rungs tab to define data concerned with ladder rungs: profile type, family type, and material.

Specify parameters in order to distribute rungs over the ladder length (see the drawing below):

A - vertical spacing of rungs
B - distance between the lower floor level and the lowerest rung
C - vertical distance between the highest rung and the upper floor level

Values A, B, and C are strictly correlated with each other; by default, the value C is assumed to be 0 (the highest rung is placed at equal height with the upper floor level). If, for the given values of A and C, the B dimension is too small for the lowerest rung to be fixed, the value of parameter C is automatically adjusted.

The difference between the upper and lower floor levels is displayed as a read-only parameter.

Under Rung connections, specify the method of fixing a rung to vertical bars (the options available here depend on the profile of which the vertical elements are made):

For angles and flat profiles - Simple connection (the rung end fits the profile face) and Connection into hole

Simple connection Connection into hole

For tubular elements - Fitted connection and Chamfered connection

Fitted connection Chamfered connection

Use the options in the lower part of the dialog to assign attributes to the rungs of a generated ladder: bar profiles, family types of bars, and material.

Profiles available on the selection list are those defined in the Profile List dialog. To add a profile to the list, click . The Profile list dialog displays, where you can select a profile.

Profile families available on the selection list are those defined in the Family Manager dialog. To add a family to the list, click . The Family manager dialog displays, where you can select a family.

Note: The list of ladder rung profiles may be filtered to include only some profile types. If there is no profile on the selection list, click

. In the Profile list dialog, select a profile type. The profile list for rungs may contain the following profile types: angles, flat profiles, and tubular profiles.

After you finish defining parameters of the ladder vertical bars, click the Connections tab to display the Ladders - Connections dialog.