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 a structure and a layer, if necessary.

   Select a Structure and a Layer

2. Do either of the following:
   • Select Plane Structure | Panel | Panel Break.
   • Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu, and select Panel Break.
3. If you want to add a seam between the panels, type the seam width by using the Seam Width function in the auxiliary menu.
4. 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 in the auxiliary menu.
   • Detail 1
   • Detail 2
5. 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 the adding method from the auxiliary menu that opens by right-clicking. 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
6. Click a location for the panel break, or a point from which the division is started.
   You can set the break line at a certain distance from the edge. Move the cursor near the edge, right-click, and select one of the following from the menu:

   • Distance 600
   • Distance 1200
   • Distance ? - Enter the distance.

   The panel break line line will automatically follow the direction of the edge.
7. Quit by pressing the Esc key.

When you have added the panel breaks, create the panels by selecting Add Panel to Area.

Example

Add Break Lines to a Horizontal Structure