OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

To place steel framing members between other members

  1. Select the Place Steel Members Framing Between tool.
  2. Select the first member and accept its selection.
  3. Select the second member and accept its selection. If you are placing by Number, that number of braces will appear between the two members, evenly spaced.


    The Number entered was five, and so there are five members between.

    If you are placing by Maximum Spacing, the greatest number of braces that could be placed with no more than that space between them will appear, evenly spaced.



    The maximum spacing entered was six feet for a 24–foot beam, and so there are four members between, evenly spaced from the ends and each other.

    If you are placing by Absolute Spacing, the greatest number of braces that could be placed with that exact space between them will appear. It will be possible that the distance between the last member and the end will be different from the distance between the first member and its end.



    The absolute spacing entered was six feet for a 24–foot beam, and so there are four members exactly six feet from each other and from the first end, leaving almost no space at the second end.

  4. Click Reset.