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Creating the rigid frame
Creating Custom Shapes for Structural Members
When you create custom structural members, you can use the shapes contained
in styles that you create from the Structural Member Catalog or Structural
Member Style wizard, or you can create your own custom shapes. When you
create a custom shape, you can only add it to a structural members in the
design rules of the structural member style.
Understanding the Design Rules of a Structural Member
Use this procedure to access and understand the options in the design rules
of a structural member.
1 Select a structural member.
2 Click Structural Member tab ➤ General panel ➤ Edit Style
drop-down ➤ Edit Style .
3 Click Design Rules.
4 On the Design Rules tab, click Show Details.
You can use the following options in the design rules to create
custom members:
Allows you to…This option…
add multiple components to a
structural member. Each compon-
Component
ent includes a name and can in-
clude a start and end shape and a
priority. You can remove and copy
2622 | Chapter 31 Structural Members
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