{"id":33257,"date":"2026-04-27T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/technical-manuals\/settings-and-parameters\/angle-limit-for-splitting-beam-axes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:37:48","slug":"angle-limit-for-splitting-beam-axes","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/angle-limit-for-splitting-beam-axes\/","title":{"rendered":"Angle Limit For Splitting Beam Axes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h3 id=\"Angle_Limit_for_Splitting_Beam_Axes\" class=\"toc_anchors\"><span class=\"colour\">Angle Limit for Splitting Beam Axes<\/span><br \/><\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">Allows user to set the angle limit at which connected beam axes with different orientation will be split (else combined)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">Only beams axes exceeding the set angle will be split to separate design &amp; detailing axes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"colour\">This setting is under \u2018Settings &gt; Beam &gt;&nbsp;<b>Angle Limit for Splitting Beam Axes<\/b>&#039;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span class=\"colour\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"best\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_5481634971619429\" src=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-71338555e5bd09fa55b02ae5e6ce2004.png\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%;width: 607.5px;height: auto\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\" align-left\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;line-height: 20px\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"font\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span class=\"colour\">In the below example, there are 3 beam axes with 0, 45 &amp; 70 degrees respectively<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"font\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/desk.zoho.com\/DocsDisplay?zgId=672206093&amp;mode=inline&amp;blockId=m3aw0fd38716195b9469baee5e9cf92e8f37e\" class=\"docsimage\" data-zdeskdocid=\"img_015474350181638563\" data-zdeskdocselectedclass=\"original\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\" align-left\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;line-height: 20px\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"font\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span class=\"colour\">&nbsp;When the angle is set to 30 degrees (default), only 1B1-1B2-1B3 will be combined into single beam design axis while the rest will be split to separate axes (as below)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 16px\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/desk.zoho.com\/DocsDisplay?zgId=672206093&amp;mode=inline&amp;blockId=m3aw051e8cc8286c8413cbcd1185fccc5a0bf\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\" align-left\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;line-height: 20px\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"font\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span class=\"colour\">&nbsp;When the angle is set to 50 degrees, only 1B1-1B2-1B3 &amp; 1B4-1B5-1B6 will be combined into single beam design axis while the rest will be split to separate axes (as below)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><span class=\"font\"><span class=\"size\" style=\"font-size: 16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/desk.zoho.com\/DocsDisplay?zgId=672206093&amp;mode=inline&amp;blockId=m3aw0981798987f804a45bc7e638666adcba9\" style=\"padding: 0px;max-width: 100%\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angle Limit for Splitting Beam Axes Allows user to set the angle limit at which connected beam axes with different orientation will be split (else&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_whitepaper_youtube_videos":"","_whitepaper_youtube_url":"","_whitepaper_youtube_thumbnail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"whitepaper_topic":[],"whitepaper_product":[],"whitepaper_type":[],"class_list":["post-33257","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","hentry","category-settings-and-parameters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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