Layout - Beams - Add Generation

Selecting the Layout Beams - Add Generation command will cause the Add Beam Generation Mode dialog box to appear. In this dialog box, you define the material properties of the new beams. Depending on the material chosen from the Materials menu, the contents of the dialog box will vary.

Defining Steel Beam Properties
Defining Concrete Beam Properties
Defining ’Other’ Beam Properties
Defining Smartbeam Properties
Defining Westok CELLBEAM Properties

Selecting Units:

Within the Add Beam Generation Mode dialog box, you have the option to change the units of the Beam Spacing edit box, if you are using the English system of units. To enter distances in inches, select the Inches option button. To enter distances in feet, select the Feet option button.

Selecting the Generation Mode:

There are two options for generating beams.

Generate beams by specifying the Beam Spacing:

Click the Beam Spacing option button.
Type the space between beams (in current units) in the Beam Spacing edit box. This value should be precise.

Generate beams by specifying the Number of Equal Spaces between Beams:

Click the Number of Equal Spaces Per Beam option button
Type the number of spaces in the edit box.

Selecting Beam Orientation:

There are two options for specifying the new beam orientations.

Select the frame of reference from which the Angle will be measured by clicking either the Relative to Selected Beam Line or the Relative to X-Axis option button.
Type the angle between the reference beam line or the positive X-Axis and the new beams in the Angle From Beam Line edit box (between 0 and 90).

Adding the Beams:

Click the Add button. The dialog box will disappear and the RAM Modeler will enter the Add Beam Generation Layout Mode.
Select a line of adjacent beams to define one end of the new beams to be generated. To do this, click on one end of a beam line, move the mouse to the other end of the beam line, and click the mouse again. Crosshairs that indicate the angle will appear.
Click in the quadrant for the new beams to be added. The closest intersection of each new beam with an existing member in the selected direction will form the second end of the generated beams.

Return to the Add Beam Generation Mode dialog box with the Right Mouse Button or the "D" key.

Return to the Layout - Beams menu with the "M" key.

Clicking the Cancel button or selecting any other RAM Modeler Layout command will end the Layout - Beams - Add Generation command.