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EX. Assign connection tags to beam ends

  1. Select members 17 and 20. Hold <Ctrl> and then click on the members individually.
    Tip: Press <Shift+B> to display the member numbers.
  2. On the Beam Tools ribbon tab, select the Assign tool in the Connection Tags group. The New Connection Tag and Assign Connection Tag dialogs both open.
  3. In the New Connection Tag dialog, select SMART-BCF from the Select Categories drop-down list and then select FW-BCFS from the Select Tags drop-down list.
  4. Check both the Start and End options.
  5. Click Assign. The connection tag assignments are added to the table in the Assign Connection Tags dialog. There are two entries in the table, one for both the start and end connection.
  6. In the View Window, click on member number 18 to select it.
  7. In the Assign Connection Tags dialog, click the New tool. The New Connection Tag dialog opens.
  8. Select SMART-BCF from the Select Categories drop-down list and then select FP-BCFS from the Select Tags drop-down list.
  9. Check both the Start and End options.
  10. Click Assign. The connection tag assignments are added to the table in the Assign Connection Tags dialog.
Repeat this procedure to assign the following connection tags in the model:
Member Numbers Categories Tags Locations
41 42 48 TO 53 SMART-BCF DW-BCFS Start and End
19 SMART-BCF MA-BCFS Start only
34 SMART-BCF MA-BCFS End only
22 SMART-BCF ME-BCFS Start and End
24 SMART-BCW EP-BCWS Start only
27 SMART-BCW EP-BCWS End only
55 SMART-BG DA-BG-S Start and End
56 SMART-BG SP-BG-S Start and End
54 SMART-BG EP-BG-S Start and End
57 59 79 SMART-BCW FP-BCWS Start and End
60 SMART-BCW DW-BCWS Start and End
58 BASIC-BCW ST-BCW1 Start only
80 BASIC-BCW MEP-BCW2 End only
81 BASIC-BCF BP-BCF1 Start only
83 BASIC-BG BP-BG-1 End only
84 BASIC-BG BP-BG-1 Start only
61 62 BASIC-BCW TP-BCW1 End only
74 SMART-BCF US-BCF1 End only
66 67 72 82 BASIC-BCF MK-BCF1 Start only
80 SMART-BEAM ME-BSE Start only