Tab ATHENA Model > Group Apply > Determine bar joint
Menu:
Modeling > Apply > Determine bar joint
Toolbar:
ATH Apply > Determine bar joint
Command input:
ath_c3d_join
You can assign a bar joint to selected bars with this function.
This type of definition is independent of definitive bars and can be saved as a template and reused. The bar assemblies used for the definition of the joint are not saved with it. The assemblies which have been used in the joint are saved as a reference entry.
Input request
Select bar for cutting:
Select the bar on which changes are to be made due to meeting another bar.
Select boundary object:
Select the bar which is to delimit the bar to be changed.
Here you define the bar joint for the constituent parts of the bars (cutting classes). When you terminate the dialog box with OK, the following appears:
Input request
Select objects:
Select the other bars in order to attach this bar joint just defined. This input request is repeated until you terminate the object selection by pressing the Enter key.
With diagonal joints or miters, which are not realized reciprocally (boundary object is not processed), the following input request also appears:
Select first bar or [?]:
Select a bar at the end on which the process is to be carried out. The boundary object is not processed! This input request is repeated until all previously selected bars have been processed.
Note
Before bars can be selected for the specification of a cutting, they must have at least one common node. This can be manually specified by Define nodes or automatically by Analysis of axis model.
