Additional Capabilities of Rib

Taper of Rib’s Faces.

If it is required that the faces of the rib have a taper, the following actions must be executed:

1.Select direction of a taper by using the option:

When this option is enabled the geometric element is selected that specifies the direction of the taper.

2.Enter the value of the taper angle.

In the example the normal to the selected face serves as a geometric element that specifies the direction of the tilt.

To cancel selection of tapering direction use option:

Blending ribs

To specify parameters of ribs blending it is required to use the Blend Parameters tab in the command’s parameters window.

To smooth out the side faces of a rib on its ends it is required to enable the Edges flag and input the required value of blend radius in the field next to the flag.

To smooth out intersections of a rib with the source body it is required to enable the Intersections flag and input the required value of blend radius in the field next to the flag.

Separate body

Allows to create a rib as a separate body.

The option, in particular, allows you to create welded structures using ribs.

This method may be used for example when modeling welded structure of flange and pipe.

In the Option section, you can set options for displaying auxiliary elements.

Option Use Manipulator allows you to enable/disable the display of manipulators that specify the direction to solid and rib thickness.

Option Show Labels allows you to enable/disable the display of the labels that output rib thickness.