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

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 CHANNEL 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 Channel dialog opens.

5. Type a Section Name.
6. Required: Enter the following channel section parameters:

   D

   Depth of the section

   TW

   Thickness of web

   WF

   Width of flange

   TF

   Thickness of flange

   

   Channel 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 Ax, Iz, Iy, Ix, Cz, Ay, and Az values from the provided section dimensions
   To manually specify the section properties…	Type values for: Cross Section Area (Ax), Inertia about local z (Iz), Inertia about local y (Iy), Torsional Constant (Ix), C.G. Along local Z (Cz), Shear Area in Y (Ay), and Shear Area in Z (Az)

8. Click OK.
9. (Optional) Repeat steps 4 through 8 to add more channel sections.
10. Click Close.