Section Maker allows you to add groups to or remove groups from the sections library you currently have open. This makes it more convenient for you to choose sections. If there are groups in the library you never use you could remove them or if there is a table of custom sections you often use you could add them in a separate group in the library.
To Add a Group to the Library
§ Choose Add Group from the Groups submenu under the Library menu
A dialog box will appear with a field for the group's name, a table showing where key properties will be stored in the group, a text box for the number of fields of data to be stored with each section in the group and a pop-up menu to indicate the shape of sections in the group.
§ Type in a name for the group
§ Choose from the Shape list the kind of shapes stored in this group
If you have more than one kind of shape or the shape is not one of the standard shapes, leave the shape set to the Unknown Section value.
§ Click the Set Shape Default Fields button.
This will set up a default number of fields that represent the information required for the shape of section selected in the step above.
If you wish you could type in the number of fields you require. If you do add extra fields, you can type a number next to each of the key properties to tell Multiframe in which field that property will be stored. For example the first line of the table indicates that the mass per unit length of the section is stored in a field named Mass and this is the first field of the group. If you do change any of these values it is very important that you keep the naming and units for the property consistent and always store the property in the field indicated. Multiframe relies on this information to do analysis and if you make an error entering the key properties, the results of analysis may be incorrect. If in doubt, leave the group with the standard fields and properties.
§ Click the OK button
The group will be added to the library and made the current group on display in the Library Window.