How to model a Side-Walk Stay?
Written by Cody Yakimoff
Updated at November 30th, 2022
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Table of Contents
To model a side-walk stay you will need to follow these steps:
Adding a Stay and Opening the Stay-Pole Construction Library
- Select the pole you would like to attach your stay to and navigate to the properties tab
- Select "Structure" in the properties tab
- Select “Add Opposing Stay”
- Select the Stay to populate the properties tab with the stay properties
- Select "Default Stay Attachment" to open up the stay pole construction library
Creating and Using your Side-Walk Stay
Before you create your side-walk stay make sure to create the relevant components in the component library. You will need a cross-arm and a brace.
- Select “Default Stay Attachment”
- Make a copy of the construction and name it accordingly
- Select "Add New Crossarm" and attach a left or right brace
- Select the Blue Arrow next to your brace selection to flip the positioning vertically
- Set the Vertical offset to situate it from a fixed distance from the top of the pole
Note
you can also select the sides in which you want the cross-arm attached to by select X -X 0 Y -Y.
- Set the insulator attachment offset so that the stay cable is attached to the end of the cross arm
- Select "Save" and then click “Use”
- Select the stay and set the offset to 0m to make it vertical