When you add a stringer point, Workshop assumes you want to project the point perpendicular to the view you added it in. Workshop will initially set the projection direction to the most likely option you will require. For example, if you add points in the Plan window, Workshop will assume you want to project the points vertically downwards on to the surface. If for some reason you want to change the projection direction of a point you can do this in either of two ways.

To modify a stringer point in the drawing windows

Ø        Double click on the point

A dialog box will appear

Ø        Choose the projection direction from the radio buttons

Ø        If you wish you can also change the position of the point by entering new values for the Position, Height and/or Offset of the point

Ø        Click the OK button

To modify a stringer point in the Stringer Data window

Ø        Click in the Projection Direction column of the row of the points you want to modify

Ø        Type in H for Horizontal , V for Vertical or L for Longitudinal

Ø        Type Enter to confirm your change

A Horiz entry indicates that the point will be projected horizontally, this means you want it to be projected horizontally onto the surface. A Vert indicates that the point will be projected vertically onto the surface and indicates that you want it to be projected down onto the surface. A Long indicates that the point will be projected longitudinally onto the surface and indicates that you want it to be projected aft onto the surface.

You can change which surface the points will be projected onto by typing in the name of the surface in the Surface name column.

Note: If you want to change the values for a number of consecutive points, you can select the values to be changed and use the Fill Down command from the Edit menu or from the right-button mouse menu to set the rest of the points to the same value as the first point.