Xsteel Training Course
Lesson 8 – Train 7 Model
Lesson 8 – Train 7 Study first the drawing(s) and • Start New Model • Create 3d View • Create Grids • Create Views (3d, Plans & Elevations)
Input Members 3 Flanges 4 Web 4 Web Stiffeners 7 Input Holes 10
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Input Members Flanges Create first the work points to locate the plates. In the Grid1 view use the point creation tools to locate the work points shown in the next picture.
Use the Beam command and the points just created to model the flanges. Look at the 3D view to ensure the flanges are positioned correctly.
Web Use Contour Plate command for the web and the stiffeners.
Zoom out to view the top and bottom flanges. Now zoom in to the intersection of the higher of the bottom flanges and the sloping flange. Use the Create line line intersection point tool to create a point where the top face of the bottom flanges would intersect.
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Create points 2000 to the right of GridlineA where the flanges will meet the web plates.
Now create the two web plates with the contour plate command by using the corner points and the points just created. Note the different web plate thicknesses.
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Zoom in on the area of the sloping bottom flange where the web meets the corner of the flange and double click the web’s chamfer. In the Chamfer properties dialog box change the chamfer type and input the value as shown below and modify.
Repeat the process for the other chamfer. Now use the Create line cut tool to bevel some of the flange plates. In the Grid1 view, zoom in on the area where the sloping flange meets the higher of the flat flanges. Use the Create extension point tool to create points 20 mm in each direction from the top corners of the flange plates. Click the Create line cut icon pick one of the flanges follow the command line and pick two of the points to bevel the plate. (See picture.)
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Web Stiffeners Open the Plan @ 1500 view. Use the Create parallel points tool to create points 500 mm from the corners of the beam flange located along Gridline A. (See picture.)
With the Create view by two points tool pick the two points that you just created (the left point and then the right point) to create a sectional view. Double click the Create parallel points icon and input 250 in the dialog box. In the section view pick the two endpoints were the web plate meets the right half of the top and bottom flanges. (The top point first and then the bottom.)
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Now create the stiffeners by using the contour plate command and the points just created. Zoom in on one of the corners of the plate. (Where the web meets the flange.) Modify the chamfer according to the dialog below.
Repeat at the other chamfer. Use the above procedure and copy commands to create the rest of the stiffeners Note: Remember when laying out the other stiffeners there is a change in the web plate thickness. Use the Plan @ 970 to create the horizontal stiffeners. Make the horizontal stiffeners 20 mm thick. So far all of the parts have been created as unrelated pieces. Now you need to get these pieces associated with each other as an assembly. If they were not connected in some way you could only produce drawings of the individual parts. Connect the parts with the Create weld tool. In the 3d view, zoom to a point where you can see all of the parts. Click the Create weld icon. In response to Pick part to weld to pick the top flange. (The top flange will become the main part of the assembly.) In response to Pick part to be welded pick one of the web plates. Continue with the command and pick again first the top flange and then the other web plate. Right click and select Interrupt. Pick the top flange, right click and select Inquire->Assembly. The red top flange is the main part. The yellow web plates are now secondary parts of an assembly. Click the Create weld icon again Continue to weld the bottom flanges to the web plates and then to each other. Weld all the vertical stiffeners to the top flange then to the web plates and to the bottom flanges. Weld the horizontal stiffeners to the web plates. Note: Never weld anything the wrong way around to a main part. Copyright Tekla Oyj 2000
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After all of the parts have been added, pick any one of them, right click and select Inquire->Assembly. You should see the top flange as red and all of the other parts as yellow.
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Input Holes Open the view Plan @ 970. And create the points for the holes.
Double click the Create bolt icon and match the following dialog box.
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Click OK. When prompted to Pick part pick the stiffener plate and then click the middle mouse button to enter the selection. When prompted to Pick first / second position pick each of the points.
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