Create Straight Beam

From the Select Structural Element pane of the Building Applications window, make sure that the Beam element is the CE.

On the Building tab, in the Create group, by default Straight Beam is displayed in the Create Element drop-down list.

Click Create Element to display the Create Beam window.

In certain projects, it is possible to create non-cataloged beams, for further information, refer to the System Administrator for further information.

All the tasks associated with the creation of the straight beam element can be performed from the Create Beam window.

In the Naming part of the Create Beam window, the application automatically populates the Name field with a name based on the project or company autonaming rules.

By default, the Use gaps in naming sequence checkbox is selected, the user can select which name is to be used. To select the:

• first available name, click Use first available name.

• previous available name, click Use previous name.

• next available name, click Use next available name.

• last available name, click Use last available name.

The user can change the name, to do this, type in a new name in the Name field. If this name already exists, an Error window is displayed. If the name does not conform with the autonaming rules, Apply remains greyed out as long as the name is not properly entered.

The Material drop-down list by default is set to Pyrocrete, the material can be changed to another suitable material. From the Material drop-down list, the user can select from a list of suitable materials.

To make sure design consistency and conformity with company standards, the basic definitions of all profiles which the user can use are held in a Catalogue database. The catalogue database is used in other Design applications with other materials and can be used in the Building application. The profiles available from the Catalogue are determined by the Section Specification.

Click Catalogue, the Section Specification (Default) window is displayed:

By default the specification select as the Default Profile Specification is used but the user can select an alternative specification from the beam element. for further information on the Default Profile Specification, refer to Default Specification for further information.

Click Apply to confirm the specification or Cancel to discard any inputs and close the Section Specification (Default) window.

The user can also modify the width and height properties of the beam element, from the Create Beam window, click Properties the Modify Properties window is displayed.

The width and height of the beam element can be input directly in to the Width and Height fields or click Measure Width, the user is prompted to Measure property dimension start (Snap) Snap: and the selection of the start dimension the user is prompted to Measure property dimension end (Snap) Snap:. After the selection in the 3D graphical view the Width measurement field is automatically populated. The height can be automatically populated in the same way, with the exception of the user clicking Measure Height. Click OK to save the properties and close the Modify Properties.

To return the width and height back to the default, click Default.

To discard any inputs, click Reset.

To close the Modify Properties window, click Cancel.

By default the Length of new beam element is 5000, but the user can change the Length, input the required length into the Length field.

Measure Length, the user is prompted to Measure Length: Pick Start (Snap) Snap: in the 3D graphical view, after the selection has been made the Length field is automatically populated.

Flip start and end position, the user can reverse the start and end positions of the column.