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EX. Add the beams and columns

  1. Select Beam > Auto Beam. The Auto Beam Detail dialog opens.
  2. Customize the beam properties to use:
    1. Type 0.30 (m) fro the Internal Beam Breadth.
    2. Type 0.25 (m) fro the External Beam Breadth.
    Leave the remaining parameters their default values.
  3. Click OK. The beams are automatically added around the slab panel edges.
  4. If the Select Beam to Break dialog opens, break the beams spanning 7 m. That is, such that the girder spanning horizontally on the screen is continuous.
  5. Repeat step 4 if necessary.
  6. Select Column > Auto Column. Square columns are automatically added at each beam intersection.