Shapes
Used to place straight, bent, or spiral shapes from catalog sections into your ProStructures model.
Accessed from:Dialog Controls
Setting | Description |
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OK | Closes the dialog and save your changes. |
Cancel | Closes the dialog without saving changes. |
Help | Opens online help. |
Template | Saves and retrieve (Using Templates) settings to be used on other projects. |
Shape Catalog | Opens the Shape Catalog where you can select country specific shapes catalogs to use in creating your models. |
Shape Sections | Opens the Shape Sections dialog which is used to add curved or straight segments to shapes. |
Insert beam between 2 main beams | Used to place a beam between two main beams. Use <Alt> to place between two beams that you select. The Edit Line dialog opens allowing you to set the offsets to each beam. |
Insert multiple beams between 2 beams | Used to place multiple beams between main beams that you select. The Enter Line dialog opens allowing you to set the distribution. |
Insert columns at selected points | Used to insert a column at the position you select. |
Insert beam at workframe axes | Used to place a rectangular selection along the current XY axis at the current ACS plane inside a rectangular shape, any workframe axes inside of the area selected get a beam from grid line to grid line. Use <Alt> to place via the polygon, and use <Ctrl> to place at workframe axes in all levels inside a rectangular shape. |
Match properties | Used to select an existing column and update the dialog settings with that column's properties. |
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