View - Members
Selecting the Member Show Options dialog. From this dialog, you control which member types appear on the screen.
There is one tab per member type. Clicking the tabmoves it to the top. On each tab are check boxes indicating the display options: Display, Shrink, Labels, Fixity, and Orientation. Set the check box for a given option to display it. Clear the check box to hide that option.
Once choices have been made, the screen display can be previewed, by clicking Apply.
Click OK to save the changes made to the display options and redraw the screen using these options. Clicking Cancel will close the dialog without making any changes to the screen display.
Display
The Display option controls whether or not the members of the selected member type will be displayed on the screen. If the check box is set, the members will be displayed. If the check box is cleared, the members will not be displayed.
Shrink
The Shrink option causes the members of that type to be drawn shrunk, or shortened, leaving a gap between connecting members.
Labels
The Labels option controls which, if any, information is displayed as a label on each member of the selected member type. If the check box is set, the associated options become active from which the label type (size, beam number, frame number, or properties) is selected. If the check box is cleared, labels will not be displayed.
Fixity
The Fixity option causes the fixity symbols to be displayed: X indicates fixed, O indicates pinned. When All is selected, three symbols will be shown at each end. The symbol nearest the support indicates Major Axis fixity, the middle symbol indicates Minor Axis fixity, and the symbol farthest from the support indicates Torsional fixity.