How to add inside or outside stiffener on the circular hollow member

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Inside or outside stiffener for circular hollow members can be added by a single manufacturing operation.

The operation Stiffener has 3 modes for adding stiffening plates to the hollow-cross section.

The first one is Circle, where you create an outside stiffening:

stiffener on the circular hollow member

You can use also the selection Rectangle, which allows you to shape the plate according your needs using the Editor button:

stiffener on the circular hollow member

The next one is Profile, which creates inner stiffening:

stiffener on the circular hollow member

In case of Ended member or Stiffening member, we have also the possibility  to add a Cap to the end of the hollow-cross-section:  

stiffener on the circular hollow member

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