Product(s):	ProStructures
Version(s):	CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX)
Environment:	N/A
Area:	Steel
Subarea:	Structural Objects
Original Author:	Alistair Lobo, Bentley Product Advantage Group

Overview

If you need to create a more complex nature of Plate Funnel with additional  stiffeners, end plates along with holes, you can use the ‘Plate Funnel Enhanced’ tool for creation of such a plate.

This document will guide you on how to create, place and control the insertion of an Enhanced Plate Funnels.

Method

1) Now go to Steel > Home > Structural Objects > Plate Funnel Enhanced and click on that tool.



2) Now it will prompt you to select an insertion point for the funnel in the model space.

3) The plate funnel now gets placed at the user defined point and the ‘Plate Funnel Enhanced’ dialog box gets opened.



Here, in the ‘General Options’ tab, can control the overall dimensions of the funnel.

4) In the ‘Top/Bottom Opening’ tab, you can control the layout and size of the top and bottom openings of the funnel created.



5) In the ‘Top/Bottom Mods’ you can control the length and size of the holes on the top & bottom side of the funnel.



6) In the ‘Stiffeners’ dialog box, you can control the stiffener parameters.





7) In the ‘Assignment’ tab, you can set various classes and identifications to the created funnel for sorting purposes.

8) After Clicking on OK, the Plate Funnel is now placed.





In this manner, you can easily create an Enhanced Plate Funnel and save the setting of this funnel as a template and then create similar types of funnels at any places in the model with ease, reducing the modelling time.