To subdivide a member in the structure

§    Select the member or members to be subdivided

§    Choose Subdivide Member  from the Geometry menu

A dialog box will appear with a field for the number of members you wish to subdivide the member into and a table listing the lengths of the new members.

§    Enter the number of subdivisions to be created

If you want the member to be subdivided evenly, leave the table of lengths unchanged otherwise, click in the table and change the length or proportion of the new members.

§    Select the “Group as Design Member” checkbox if the subdivided members are to be grouped as a design member.

§    Click the OK button

A number of new members connected end to end will be generated to replace each of the selected members.  This command is particularly useful for generating continuous beams or for subdividing beams for the insertion of angle bracing.

Generation of a continuous beam using the subdivide command.

Insertion of bracing in a frame by subdividing floor beams.