{"id":1557,"date":"2017-09-21T07:28:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T07:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1557"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:22:44","slug":"what-are-internal-plates","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/knowledge-base\/what-are-internal-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"What are internal plates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the images below, you see a five different modellisations of the same plate. The different arrangements are named A until E.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1131\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14230\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is an internal plate?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In model A the inner plate (or hole) (= plate 2) is completely surrounded by the outer plate (= plate 1). In other words, there is only one plate ( = the outer plate) adjacent to the inner plate. We call the inner plate an \u2018internal plate\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can an internal plate cause trouble?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Internal plates can be hard to remove.<br>For example: removing &#8216;Plate 2&#8217; from model A, will not be possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can lead to a bad definition of the plates when an outer plate contains a lot of internal plates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It will cause <a href=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/knowledge-base\/practical-reinforcement-shows-a-white-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trouble when you want to define practical reinforcement<\/a> using the button <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-6346\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/KnopPractischeWapening.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\" height=\"31\">.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do internal plates cause problems?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the way Diamonds stores the model:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>In model A Diamonds has to remember that plate 1 is part of the model and that plate 2 is located in plate 1.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1560 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates2-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates2-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates2-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates2-60x28.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates2-35x17.png 35w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates2.png 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In model B Diamonds has to remember that plates 1, 2 and 3 are part of the model.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1559 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates3-300x139.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates3-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates3-50x23.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates3-60x28.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates3-35x16.png 35w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/InternalPlates3.png 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br>A similar story can be made for cases C, D and E.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It goes without saying that it is easier to remember the structure for case B than the structure of case A. Especially when the model becomes large rand more complex. If follow that it is easier to perform a process (e.g. add extra model, mesh, \u2026) on case B, than on case A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is recommended to limit the number of internal plates by using any of the configurations B, C, D or E. Model B is a slightly better modelling then C, D and E, as it has been made of pre-established points for the generation of the 2 &#8216;outer&#8217; plates (= plate 1 and 3). As a result, the model doesn\u2019t becomes unnecessarily heavier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the images below, you see a five different modellisations of the same plate. The different arrangements are named A until E. What is an internal plate? In model A the inner plate (or hole) (= plate 2) is completely surrounded by the outer plate (= plate 1). 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