To create a user-provided table section with a rectangular tube 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. In the Select Section Type list, select TUBE 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 Tube dialog opens.

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

   D

   Depth of the section

   WF

   Width of flange

   TF

   Thickness of flange

   

   Tube 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, AY, and AZ value 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), Shear Area in Y (Ay), and Shear Area in Z (Az)

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