Insertion Options - Insert in Plane (3-D SE)

Steel Engineering > New > Insert new standard beam

This insertion type enables you to insert the beam into the currently active processing plane. This is the default setting if none of the other insertion types is active.

If no processing plane is active, the screen plane is used. This also applies if no processing plane exists and a standard view is active

If no processing plane exists and no standard view is active, the xy-plane of the world coordinate system or the plane perpendicular to it is used.

This option then provides the following ways of inserting the beam:

Insert with sketch

Sketch technology is used to insert the beam. From the start point, HiCAD automatically fades in auxiliary lines along a predefined grid and displays the relevant angles and distances at the cursor. On this grid, you can then click the mouse, for example, to define the direction and length of a line by means of corresponding cursor movements.

Insert via point and length

The beam is inserted by defining the start point and specifying a point in longitudinal direction of the beam.

Enter the value for the beam length, and either press ENTER or left-click to conclude the value input
Define the start point. HiCAD drops a perpendicular to the processing plane and inserts the beam there.
To define the direction of the beam,
identify a point in longitudinal direction or
choose END (right mouse button) to adopt the direction of the beam that was last inserted. The prerequisite is that you have not exited the function in the meantime.

Insert via 2 points

The beam is inserted by specifying the start and end points. The position of the beam is defined by the start point, length and direction by the end point. If this option is active, the input field for the length is blocked.

Activate the option.
Define the start point. HiCAD drops a perpendicular to the processing plane and inserts the beam there
To define length and direction of the beam,
use the cursor to identify the end point or
choose END (RMB) to adopt the direction of the beam that was last inserted. The prerequisite is that you have not exited the function in the meantime, or
use a different point option, e.g. Relative R, to define the end point.

Insertion in plane

Left:
(1) Start point, (2) End point,
(3) Perpendicular from the start point to the plane

Right:
with (1) Start point, (2) Point for direction,
(3) Perpendicular from the start point to the plane

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