Stationing

The stationing defines the start and end position of the pier 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 pier and its subdivisions via station values along the axis in ascending order

Note: The station input is done in positive axis direction, i.e. in the normal case (connection of a pier to a girder) from the bottom edge (start position, minimum value) to the top edge (end position, maximum value). The station of the point of origin (e.g. reference point) is zero.

Definition Type

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

• Local: The (user-defined) point of origin of the pier axis (Geometric Position 1) defines the local station zero. All further stations along the pier axis are related to that.
• Global: The stations along the pier axis are defined as absolute heights related to the global Y-axis.
• Relative: The Geometric Position 1 (origin point of the pier axis) gets the relative station 0, the Geometric position 2 (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 GP1 to GP2).
• Local-End: Same as local, only that the Geometric Position 2 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

As beam

The respective part element of the pier 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.