OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Structural Sections dialog

Used to select and manage loaded Structural section data. Sorting and filtering large amounts of section information to find specific section details is done with the settings in this dialog.



The Structural Sections dialog

SettingDescription
File > Open Opens the Section File Manager where section files are loaded or unloaded into the application.
Section The selected section profile's name is displayed in this text field. If the section name or a portion of it is known, keying in the known portion automatically finds the matching entries in the section profiles list box.
Code Displays the loaded section file names. The section profiles in the selected code appear in the section profiles list box.
  • All – Displays the section profiles in all the available section codes.
  • Loaded section file Code - Displays only the section profiles in this loaded section file Code.
Type Each section file has one or more section type. Types are provided to group like section types within a section file. I shapes, angles, tee and zee types are grouped together across multiple section files.
  • All – Displays the section profiles in all the available section types.
  • Loaded section file Type - Displays only the section profiles in this loaded section file Type.
Section Profiles The main section profiles list box is constantly updated depending upon code and type values. The selected profile appears highlighted if the name or a portion of the name is keyed in manually.
OK Closes the dialog and sets the selected section profile into the active Structural placement tool.
Cancel Closes the dialog, discarding any changes you made.