Tutorial 3 3-17

Creating the Plates - Method 1

Steps:

The Grid Settings

1. We selected the Add Plate option earlier to enable us to add plates

to create the structure. This initiates a grid in the main drawing
area as shown below. The directions of the global axes (X, Y, Z)
are represented in the icon in the lower left hand corner of the
drawing area. (Note that we could initiate this grid by selecting the
Geometry | Snap/Grid Node | Plate menu option also.)

Figure 3. 10