To create a user provided table section with a general profile, use the following steps.

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. In the Select Section Type list, select GENERAL and then click OK. The dialog closes and the Select Existing Table list in the User Table Manager dialog now has at least one entry.
4. Click Add.

   The General dialog opens.

   
5. Type a Section Name.
6. Either:

   Type the section properties if these are available in the corresponding fields

   or

   Set the Define Profile Polygon and enter in Z,Y coordinates of the section apexes.

   Tip: These values may be copied and pasted from a spreadsheet.

   The following is an example cross section, with corresponding Z,Y coordinates which can be copy/pasted directly into the table.

   

   Coordinate Number	Z (units)	Y (units)
   1	0	0
   2	0	-4
   3	3.5	-4
   4	3.5	-16
   5	6.5	-16
   6	6.5	-4
   7	13.5	-4
   8	13.5	-16
   9	16.5	-16
   10	16.5	-4
   11	20	-4
   12	20	0

7. The section properties can be calculated based on coordinates or directly entered.

   If…	Then…
   you want to manually specify the section properties	type the values in the corresponding section property fields
   you entered in section corner coordinates	click Compute Section Properties The section properties are calculated and the Ax, Ay, Az, Ix, Iy, Iz, Py, Pz, DEE, HSS, SY, SZ, B, and D fields are updated. Note: TD and TB values are not calculated and must be supplied. Tip: You can manually overwrite any of these values if necessary. Note: The coordinates are also updated from an arbitrary origin to the an origin at the center of gravity of the cross section.

   Setting	Description
   AX	Cross section area
   D	Largest dimension parallel to the local Y axis (overall section depth along Y). B and D parameters corresponding to selected axis system
   TD	Thickness associated with section element parallel to Y axis (taken to be the web). To be used to check depth/thickness ratio of the web.
   B	Largest dimension parallel to the local Z axis (overall section width along Z).
   TB	Thickness associated with section element parallel to Z axis (taken to be the flanges). To be used to check width/thickness ratio of the flanges.
   IZ	Moment of inertia about local z axis
   IY	Moment of inertia about local y axis
   IX	Torsional constant
   SZ	Section modulus about local z axis (about the local y-axis for Z up)
   SY	Section modulus about local y axis (about the local z axis for Z up)
   AY	Shear area in local y-axis (about the local z axis for Z up)
   AZ	Shear area in local z axis (about the local y-axis for Z up)
   PZ	Plastic modulus about local z axis (about the local y-axis for Z up)
   PY	Plastic modulus about local y axis (about the local z axis for Z up)
   HSS	Warping constant for lateral torsional buckling calculations
   DEE	Depth of web between the flanges. For rolled sections, distance between fillets should be provided

8. (Optional) If you want to have section stress calculated, enter Y,Z coordinates in the Stress locations in local coordinates
   Tip: The coordinate locations for stresses should be based on the center of gravity of the section, rather than an arbitrary data point. These may be copied/pasted from the re-centered apex coordinates table.
9. Click OK. The section is added to the list in the Create User Property Table dialog.
10. (Optional) Repeat steps 4 through 9 to add more General sections.
11. Click Close.

…
TABLE 1
UNIT INCHES KIP
GENERAL
General1
152 16 0 20 0 3395.93 4520.67 638.828 332.591 452.067 83.3308 -
46.3944 760 625.529 95637.5 16
PROFILE_POINTS
-10 5.78947 -10 1.78947 -6.5 1.78947 -6.5 -10.2105 -3.5 -10.2105 -3.5 1.78947 3.5 1.78947 -
 3.5 -10.2105 6.5 -10.2105 6.5 1.78947 10 1.78947 10 5.78947
STRESS_LOCATIONS
-10 5.78947 10 5.78947 -6.5 -10.2105 6.5 -10.2105
END
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