With this command you can slice bars or bar projections on a plane which you must define by specifying three points. The shorter end of the bar is always cut off when slicing.
The slice plane is permanently attached to the bar.
Input request
Select bar to slice:
With the mouse to click the bar you wish to slice.
Slice plane [Add/Shorten/eXit/?] <Add>:
Choose the Option Add to create a new slice plane.
Select the Option Shorten to change the length of the bar assembly.
Choose the option eXit to terminate the command.
With the option ? you call the help.
Option Add
Specify first point of slice plane or [Undo/?]:
Determine the first point in the plane on which you would like to slice the bar.
Choose the option Undo to repeat the previous input request.
Specify the second point of slice plane or [Undo/?]:
Determine the second point in the plane on which you would like to slice the bar.
Specify the third point of slice plane or [Undo/View/?]:
Determine the third point in the plane on which you would like to slice the bar. With this third point the cutting plane is defined. ATHENA now starts the Dialog box Cutting.
Select the View option when the slice plane is to be at right angles to the current view.
Option Shorten
Specify end of bar or [Undo/?]:
With the mouse click the side of the bar assembly to be shortened.
Specify distance or [Undo/?]: <1>:
Specify the distance for the shortening (a negative value extends the bar assembly). ATHENA now starts the Dialog box Cutting.
Dialog box Cutting
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In this dialog box you click the component parts of the bar which ATHENA is to slice. You can click a number of component parts by pressing the Ctrl or Shift key (Windows standard).
Options, if you have already defined one or more slice planes for a bar.
Choose the Option Add to create a new slice plane.
Select the option Trim to open the Dialog box Cutting in order to modify the sliced components.
Choose the option Remove to remove a slice plane.
Choose the option Next or Previous to show the next or previous slice plane. ATHENA identifies the current slice plane on the bar with a symbol as shown in the illustrationMarking the slice plane.
Option Invert
Inverts the cutting direction.
This option is only available for multiple cuttings at the end of a bar.
