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Using Custom Blocks to Add Graphics to a Structural Member
Style
You can add custom blocks to the display of a structural member as a
component in a display representation. For example, you can add stiffener
plates to beams as a custom blocks or add clip angles to members as a custom
blocks.
Adding stiffener plates to a beam
Custom blocks can be either 2D or 3D. When you add a custom block, you
can specify several rules for positioning and scaling the new component. Each
custom block also appears in the display properties component list so that
you can control its layer, color, and linetype. For more information, see Adding
Custom Blocks as a Display Component in a Structural Member Style on page
2614.
Be sure to set the properties of the objects used to create your custom blocks
to ByBlock. Otherwise, you cannot control these objects through the display
properties. For more information about ByBlock, see “Control the Color and
Linetype Properties in Blocks” in AutoCAD help.
To change these display properties for all structural members of the same
structural member style, see Specifying the Display Properties of a Structural
Member Style on page 2607.
Adding Custom Blocks as a Display Component in a Structural
Member Style
Use this procedure to add or edit custom block components in the display
representation of a structural member style.
1 Create a 2D or 3D block for the component that you want to add
to the structural member.
Create the block in the same plane as the structural member that
you use to represent structural member. For more information
2614 | Chapter 31 Structural Members
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