Assign Coupling Beam dialog

This dialog is used to assign coupling beams between two or more openings or an opening and a wall edge above.

Setting	Description
Toggle – Single	This assign mode allows the creation of one Coupling Beam at a time. After selecting this command, the mouse cursor turns to crosshairs. Placing the crosshairs over any wall opening will cause a preview of a Coupling Beam to be drawn in white. Selecting the left mouse button at this point will add the Coupling Beam to the Wall Panel as it was drawn in the preview. After the Coupling Beam is placed it is colored either light blue or yellow, according to its status (as with Section Cuts, light blue denotes the Coupling Beam is not ready to be designed, while yellow indicates it is ready to be designed). Selecting the left mouse button once again will delete the Coupling Beam that was placed, and bring the preview back. Any existing Coupling Beam may be deleted using this method. If another wall opening exists within the Wall Panel in which the selected wall opening occurs, the Coupling Beam may be created so that it spans horizontally to the second opening as well. This is done by first selecting the original wall opening, then moving the cursor over the adjacent opening. Note that the preview now shows the Coupling Beam spanning both openings. A Coupling Beam may be created such that it spans between any two wall openings that lie within the same Wall Panel, and are aligned such that the assignment is geometrically possible. To create the Coupling Beam, simply click the left mouse button while the cursor is over the second wall opening.
Add Fence	The Add Fence assign mode places a Coupling Beam above all wall openings contained with the face drawn by the user. Note that as the fence is drawn, a preview of each Coupling Beam that will be created is shown in white. This assignment method does not assume that any Coupling Beams span horizontally between two or more openings, as is possible in the Toggle > Single mode. Rather, a discrete Coupling Beam is placed at each wall opening contained within the fence.

Setting

Description

Toggle – Single

This assign mode allows the creation of one Coupling Beam at a time. After selecting this command, the mouse cursor turns to crosshairs. Placing the crosshairs over any wall opening will cause a preview of a Coupling Beam to be drawn in white. Selecting the left mouse button at this point will add the Coupling Beam to the Wall Panel as it was drawn in the preview. After the Coupling Beam is placed it is colored either light blue or yellow, according to its status (as with Section Cuts, light blue denotes the Coupling Beam is not ready to be designed, while yellow indicates it is ready to be designed).

Selecting the left mouse button once again will delete the Coupling Beam that was placed, and bring the preview back. Any existing Coupling Beam may be deleted using this method.

If another wall opening exists within the Wall Panel in which the selected wall opening occurs, the Coupling Beam may be created so that it spans horizontally to the second opening as well. This is done by first selecting the original wall opening, then moving the cursor over the adjacent opening. Note that the preview now shows the Coupling Beam spanning both openings. A Coupling Beam may be created such that it spans between any two wall openings that lie within the same Wall Panel, and are aligned such that the assignment is geometrically possible. To create the Coupling Beam, simply click the left mouse button while the cursor is over the second wall opening.

Add Fence

The Add Fence assign mode places a Coupling Beam above all wall openings contained with the face drawn by the user. Note that as the fence is drawn, a preview of each Coupling Beam that will be created is shown in white. This assignment method does not assume that any Coupling Beams span horizontally between two or more openings, as is possible in the Toggle > Single mode. Rather, a discrete Coupling Beam is placed at each wall opening contained within the fence.