Sections Submenu

The commands in this submenu are only available if the Sections tab in the Library window is front most.

§   Select Window | Library to bring the Library window to the front

§   Select the Sections tab on the bottom of this window.

 

Also see the section on Working with Sections on page 65 for more information.

Add Section

Add a section or a number of sections to the current group. The sections will be displayed in the Section table in the Library Window where you can type in values for the sections' names and properties.

Reorder Sections

Modify the order of sections within a group.

Delete Section

Delete a section or a number of sections from the current group.

Generate Tapered Sections

Create a number of sections from two existing sections by interpolating the sections properties. This is useful for modelling the sections needed to simulate a tapered sections with a number of intermediate sections. You can use this in conjunction with the subdivide command in Multiframe for modelling tapered members.

 

See Generating Tapered Sections on page 70 for more information.