Endplates

Step 1

	In this exercise we will draw an endplate to a plane of a helper object, and an endplate to the endpoint of a helper line. - Open the drawing Endplates.dwg
	- Click on the icon End / Baseplates
	- Select the beam indicated on the illustration
	- Double-click the connection UPN Endplate to plane By double-clicking you can select your connection more quickly.
	- Move the cursor to above the grey plane of the plate that represents a wall. Then click the left mouse button twice to select the plane underneath. The circumference of the plane underneath is drawn thicker. - Press <Enter> to confirm the plane selection
	For the first mouse-click the top plane is selected, and for the next click on the same location the underlying plane is selected. - Press <Enter> to end the command
	- Modify the edge distances for the endplate to 0, 0, 0 and 80

Step 2

	- Click on the icon End / Baseplates
	- Select the beam indicated on the illustration
	- Double-click on the connection UPN Endplate to point
	- Move the cursor to above the endpoint of the purple helper line. Then click the left mouse button once to select the endpoint. A cross is drawn to indicate that a point of an object was selected. - Press <Enter> to confirm the point selection - Press <Enter> to end the command
	Modify the edge distances for the endplate : - Left : 50 - Right : 50 - Top : 60 - Bottom : 60
	- Click on Top view in the window Review macro
	- Modify the Angle in X direction to 20
	As you can see the point is projected to the middle of the profile. The endplate is rotated around this projected point. It goes without saying that it is always preferable to use a plane as a basis for the location of an endplate.
	- Start the AutoCAD/BricsCAD command Move
	- Select the purple line - Press <Enter> to confirm the point selection
	- Indicate the endpoint of the line as reference point
	- Move the cursor to the right to indicate the direction we want to move the line to - Enter 200 for the distance and then press <Enter>
	The endplate remains connected to the line, it moved just after we moved the line. If you would not want the connection between the line and endplate in a given situation then you can delete the macro sphere.
	Have you noticed that the Review Macro window can always remain open? This allows you to take a measurement or to modify other elements without having to close and reopen this window.
	- Click on in the Review macro window
	Press and hold the SHIFT key and the middle mouse button to view the endplate from different angles. The endplate to plane function allows you to draw endplates to al planes of all Parabuild objects. The endplate is drawn flat against the selected plane, also follows the slope of the plane and the profile is always cut to the endplate.