Use the option to define claddings. Select the Geometry menu > Claddings to access the option.
The following dialog displays then.
The dialog has 4 parts:
- Object field (displays the number or identifier of the created or selected object) and the Load distribution field (selects a load distribution type: two-way, one-way X or one-way Y)
- Definition Method
- Geometry
- Parameters.
When the Claddings dialog is fully opened, then clicking one of the 3 buttons (Definition Method, Geometry, or Parameters) minimizes the corresponding part of the dialog so it displays only the options used at a given time. When the window is minimized, clicking one of the button extends the dialog.
Definition method selects a method of defining a cladding (Contour, Rectangle or Circle); selecting one of these options determines the definition method.
Geometry defines an object selected in the Definition Method pane. Options in the Geometry pane depend on the option selected in Definition Method.
The Parameters pane has several options.
In the Arc discretization field are additional options to specify discretization parameters for defined arcs of contours or polylines.
If Arc discretization is cleared, an arc is created using the analytical method.
If selected, you can define parameters of division for a defined arc:
- Fixed number - If selected, an arc is divided to a number of elements that is specified in the Number of edges field
- Number of full angle divisions - If selected, the full angle (360 degrees) is divided to the number of elements specified in the Number of edges field and Min defines the smallest number of full angle divisions (the default setting is 3). The arc is always divided into equal-length segments, which means that the defined number of full angle divisions might not match the number of equal-length segments. When this happens, Robot automatically matches the number of arc divisions that permits the arc to be divided into equal-length segments.
- Edge length - If selected, the number specifies the lengths for the sides of the polygon approximating the arc (the polygon inscribed into the arc).
When the Corner fillet option is selected, slab corners are rounded and a value for the fillet radius can be specified in the Radius field.