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Click Concrete Design > RC Model Design Criteria > RC Plate Design Criteria to open the RC Plate Design Criteria table.  

 

 

This table collects design parameters for the concrete plate design process.

 

You can create as many RC Plate Design Criteria as you need to satisfy the requirements of your design.  Once created, you can assign RC     Plate Design Criteria to shells graphically.

 

Label:  A freeform text descriptor that has meaning to you.

 

Edge to Centroid Bottom x Bar: Distance from the edge to the centroid of the bottom bars oriented parallel to the plate local x axis.

 

Edge to Centroid Bottom y Bar: Distance from the edge to the centroid of the bottom bars oriented parallel to the plate local y axis.

 

Edge to Centroid Top x Bar: Distance from the edge to the centroid of the top bars oriented parallel to the plate local x axis.

 

Edge to Centroid Top y Bar: Distance from the edge to the centroid of the top bars oriented parallel to the plate local y axis.