Add a Panel Break Line

You can create panel breaks to the basic layer of the structure, i.e., the structural layer with serial number 0, or to the selected structural layer.

1. Select Panels > Add Panel Break Line to Area.
2. Select the method of selecting a structural layer.

3. Selecting a Layer

4. Select the horizontal structure.
5. If you want to add a seam between the panels, type the seam width by using the Seam Width function on the contextual toolbar.
6. If necessary, you can select individual details on both sides of the seam. When you add a panel break, symbols on both sides of the panel break indicate which detail is used. Select the details using the functions on the contextual toolbar.
   • Seam detail 1
   • Seam detail 2
7. You can add panel breaks either individually or several at a time to the whole area. Panel breaks added in this way divide the area into fields into which you can also add panel breaks. Select an adding method from the contextual toolbar. If necessary, switch on Full cut/picked cut.
   • One Break Line to an Area
   • Several Break Lines to an Area
   • One Break Line to a Field
   • Several Break Lines to a Field
   • Full Cut/Picked Cut
8. Click a location for the panel break, or a point from which the division is started.
9. Quit by pressing the Esc key.

Note

• You can move individual panel breaks by dragging from the grip point. You an move several selected panel breaks by using the Move function in the context-sensitive menu. You can delete selected panel breaks by using the Delete function in the context-sensitive menu or by pressing the Delete key.
• When you have added the panel breaks, create the panels by selecting Add Panel to Area.
• Alternatively, you can select the function from the context-sensitive menu:
  1. Select the horizontal structure.
  2. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
  3. Select Panelization > Add Panel Break Line to Area.
• You can create a panel of an area with a complex shape without panel breaks by selecting Building a Panel From Selected Planes.

Example

Add Break Lines to a Horizontal Structure

Moving an Object from the Grip Point
Moving an Object within a Drawing/Model
Add a Panel in a Horizontal Structure
Build Panel
Floor and Roof Panels