Stationing

The stationing defines the start and end position of a girder on the axis and specifies its subdivision into elements.

It may already be defined within the framework of interactive definition of the girder, or supplementary. Previous semi-automatic definitions may be individually manually modified.

Table Stationing

Input Station

Define the start and end position of the girder and its subdivisions via station values along the axis in ascending order

Definition Type

The stations can be defined as local, global, relative or local-end.

• Local: The (user-defined) start station of the girder defines the local station zero. All further stations along the girder are related to that.
• Global: The stations along the girder are related to the stationing of the axis.
• Relative: The start station of the girder gets the relative station 0, the end station (reference length) gets the relative station 1. All stations between them (or also above or below them) are related to this relative length = 1 and can be calculated based on the defined reference length (from station begin to station end).
• Local-End: Same as local, only that the end station is taken for the definition of the local station 0.

Global Station

Output of the calculated input station values in terms of global stationing

Local Station

Output of the calculated station values in terms of local stationing

Station difference

Difference (distance/length) between the actual and the previous station

Thickness

Apply a thickness to the cross section assigned at this station (extrusion in longitudinal direction) The thickness is applied symmetrically to both sides of the station point. For further information see Thickness (Cross section at station).

As beam

The respective subelement of the girder is created as beam element for the analysis (only required for use in the analysis model).

Smooth

Special function for smoothing unintentional edges/jumps when extruding the cross sections during model generation

Skip

The respective station is not considered/created when importing the model in ALLPLAN.

Note: Thus, additional stations can be set (e.g. for the static calculation) in ALLPLAN Civil which don't have an influence on the creation of the geometric model in ALLPLAN.