The Member Modelling dialog contains settings relevant to how a member is represented in a true physical model of the frame. At the moment the only setting contained in the dialog identifies if the member is a beam, column, brace or another component within the model.

To set the member modelling options for a member

§    Select the member or members to be modified

§    Choose Member Modelling… from the Frame menu

§    Select which component of the frame the member represents.

§    Click on the OK button

The component property of the member identifies what component within the frame that a member represents such as a column, primary beam or a brace.  This information is used within the program help identify the most significant member at a connection. This is in turn used to automatically compute the cut-off distances at each ends of a member used in rendering of the frame.