OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Set Lintel

When the Set Lintel command is selected in the Parametric Frame Builder Action list box, the settings group for that command displays directly to the right of the Action list box.

The Set Lintel command manages settings for the minimum bearing, height and overhang of a lintel.



SettingDescription
Set Lintel command settings group

The following settings are available when the Set Lintel command is selected.

  • Lintel type option menu — Sets the lintel type. Six groups of lintel type settings are managed. The settings for each type are stored in a settings file (*.frs).
  • Minimum Bearing: — Sets the minimum bearing value of the lintel. When a frame is composed of different sub-frames, a lintel is added to one of the sub-frames while the specified bearing is applied to span the other sub-frame(s).
  • Rounded To: — The Minimum Bearing setting is rounded to this value.
  • Minimum Height: — Sets the height of the lintel.
  • Rounded To: — The Minimum Height setting is rounded to this value.
  • Overhang Front; Overhang Back: — Determines the overhang distance (front; back) from the face of the wall to the lintel face.
Note: Set Lintel is used in conjunction with the Add Lintel command.