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M.To create a double angle user table section

To create a user-provided table section with a double angle profile, use the following procedure.

You may want to change the input dimensions prior to creating user provided table sections. Select Tools > Set Current Input Unit to do so.

  1. On the Specification ribbon tab, select the User Table > User Table Manager tool in the Beam Profiles group.

    If no User Defined Table exists, you will be prompted to create one.

    The User Table Manager dialog opens.
  2. Click New Table. The New User Table dialog opens.
  3. the Select Section Type list, select DOUBLE ANGLE and then click OK. The dialog closes and the Table Data list in the User Table Manager dialog now has at least one entry.
  4. Click Add.

    The Double Angle dialog opens.

  5. Type a Section Name.
  6. Required: Enter the following angle section parameters:
    D
    Depth of angle (i.e., length of the leg along the local y-axis)
    WF
    Width of angle (i.e., length of the leg along the local z-axis)
    TF
    Thickness of angle leg
    SP
    Space between angles.

    Double angle section

  7. Specify the section properties by either:
    Option Description
    To automatically have the program calculate the section properties… Click Calculate.

    The program calculates the Iz, Iy, Ix, Cy, Ay, and Az values from the provided section dimensions.

    To manually specify the section properties… Type values for:
    • Inertia about local z (Iz),
    • Inertia about local y (Iy),
    • Torsional Constant (Ix),
    • C.G. Along local Y (Cy),
    • Shear Area in Y (Ay), and
    • Shear Area in Z (Az)
  8. Specify the Single Angle (rvv) value. This is the radius of gyration about the minor principal axis for one of the angles taken as a single angle.
  9. Click OK.
  10. (Optional) Repeat steps 4 through 9 to add more angle sections.
  11. Click Close.

The section can now be added for use in the Properties - Whole Structure dialog by selecting it in the User Property Table dialog.

Refer to EX. US-17 User-Provided Tables and EX. UK-17 User-Provided Tables for examples of angle user-provided tables.