M.To create a double angle user table section
To create a user-provided table section with a double angle profile, use the following procedure.
You may want to change the input dimensions prior to creating user provided table sections. Select
to do so.-
On the
Specification ribbon tab, select the
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. - Click New Table. The New User Table dialog opens.
- the Select Section Type list, select DOUBLE ANGLE and then click OK. The dialog closes and the Table Data list in the User Table Manager dialog now has at least one entry.
-
Click Add.
The Double Angle dialog opens.
- Type a Section Name.
- Required: Enter the following angle section parameters:
- Specify the section properties by either:
- Specify the Single Angle (rvv) value. This is the radius of gyration about the minor principal axis for one of the angles taken as a single angle.
- Click OK.
- (Optional) Repeat steps 4 through 9 to add more angle sections.
- Click Close.
The section can now be added for use in the Properties - Whole Structure dialog by selecting it in the User Property Table dialog.
Refer to
EX. US-17 User-Provided Tables
and
EX. UK-17 User-Provided Tables
for examples of angle user-provided tables.