Creates new radial cylinders by defining the location of the start cylinder, the offset from that location, and the number of copies to generate. You can also modify existing radial cylinders.
Radial Cylinder Settings
You cannot use the Grid Wizard to modify these options after initial placement.
Reference CS
Select the coordinate system to reference for the location of the Start Plane. The name of the coordinate system set in the Create Coordinate System dialog box of the Grid Wizard displays by default.
Start cylinder
Specify the location of the first cylinder. The location is relative to the East (X) \ X coordinate of the coordinate system specified in the Reference CS box. If radial cylinders already exist, you can select one from the list. The Start cylinder list allows you to type the text for the cylinder name along with the location information. For example, you can do the following:
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Specify the plane position as 20.00 m
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Type the text for plane name as 'RADCYLIN1'
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Type the text for plane name along with the plane position as 'RADCYLIN1' + 20.00 m
Copies
Type the number of radial cylinders copies to create.
Spacing
Type the spacing between the radial cylinders.
End cylinder
Displays the location of the last radial cylinder. You cannot edit this value.
Name rule
Select the Grids Naming Rules that you want to use to name the radial cylinder that you are creating.
Nesting level
Defines the nesting level for the radial cylinder. You can select Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary. Between two adjacent cylinders, a difference of only one level is allowed. Therefore, secondary cylinders are only allowed between two primary cylinders. Similarly, tertiary cylinders are only allowed between two secondary cylinders.
Type
Specifies the type of radial cylinder. Examples of grids radial cylinders are: E-W Grid Plane, N-S Grid Plane, and Expansion Joint Plane. You can define new radial cylinders in the reference data.
Add
Adds the defined radial cylinders to the Radial Cylinder Locations list.
Radial Cylinder Locations
If you are editing an existing coordinate system, the Radial Cylinder Locations list displays existing cylinders in blue and new cylinders in black.
Location
Displays the location of the cylinder with respect to the parent coordinate system origin.
Type
Specifies the type of cylinder. You can change the type if necessary.
Name
Displays the name of the cylinder. You can edit the name by selecting the box and then typing a new name.
Nesting level
Displays the nesting level of the cylinder.
Global Location
Displays the location of the cylinder relative to the global coordinate system origin.
Spacing
Specifies the spacing between planes for a project to monitor the relative location of these planes. The first plane is always set to 0.00. For each subsequent plane, the Spacing value is its relative distance from the previous plane. This is a read-only value when creating a new coordinate system but can be modified in an existing coordinate system.
If you edit the Spacing value of an existing plane, the plane shifts to the new location as required. In addition, the remaining planes along that axis will also re-locate relative to the new location of the edited plane to maintain their existing Spacing values.
Delete
Deletes the selected cylinder from the list of cylinders to be created. You cannot delete cylinders that have already been placed in the model using the Grid Wizard.