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a shape type in the tree view, a preview image of the shape with its dimensions
displays in the upper right pane. All the available sizes of the shape type display
in the lower right pane.
If you have a structural member in a drawing with a style created in the catalog,
you can locate the catalog shape contained in that style from the member.
Creating Structural Member Styles from Catalog Shapes
When you create a structural member style in the catalog, the dimensions of
the catalog shape that you select define and store the shape in the style.
For example, the dimensions of the steel beam selected in the previous
illustration include its depth (d), flange width (bf), flange thickness (tf), and
web thickness (tw). When you create a style, these dimensions create the
following shape that is stored in the style.
Wide-flange structural shape cross-sectional parameters
When you create a beam in your drawing with this style, the style provides
the shape of the beam. You determine the length, start and end offsets,
justification, and roll of the beam when you create the beam.
Contents of the Structural Member Catalog
When you display the Structural Member Catalog, a default catalog file,
-AecStructural.apc, provides the catalog content. This file is located in:
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD Architecture 2011\Catalogs\Structural.
In the future, additional catalog files that you can open in the catalog may
become available on the Autodesk web site, or you may create your own catalog
files.
2506 | Chapter 31 Structural Members
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