Creating Beams Using Beams and a Plane

This task explains how to create a beam using two beams and a plane.
1.

With your 3-D session open, click the Beam button . The Beam dialog box displays with the Geometry tab selected.

 

2.

 Select from the Category drop down list. (This task uses Beam as an example.)

You can select More to display the Class Browser, and select from what is available in the catalog.

The name of the beam is assigned automatically, using the object naming rules. If you want to assign your own name to the beam, uncheck the Automatic box and enter a name.
  3. Select Beams and Plane from the Type drop down list.

If you select the Chain checkbox, the last Beam 2 selected is taken as the Beam 1 of the next beam.
  4. In the Plane field, select a plane. You can:
  • Select a plane in your 3-D session.
  • Right-click and select from the list of GSD stacking commands.
  5. In the Beam 1 and Beam 2 fields, you can:
  • Select a beam in your 3-D session.
  • Right-click and use the list of GSD stacking commands.

You see the beams display as you make your selections.

In the above illustration, the newly created beams are the two horizontal beams. By selecting the higher of the two planes and Beam 1 and Beam 2, you create the top beam. By selecting the lower plane and Beam 1 and Beam 2, you create the bottom beam.
  6. When selecting a plane, you can click  alongside the Plane field, and the Plane dialog box displays.

When selecting beams, you can click  alongside the Beam 1 and Beam 2 fields, and the First Beam and Second Beam dialog boxes display.

  

The dialog boxes list the planes and beams you selected.

You use the dialog boxes to replace planes with other planes, and beams with other beams.

  1. Select the planes or beams you want to replace, and click the Replace button.
  2. Select a plane or a beam in the 3-D session, and these display in the dialog boxes in place of the original planes and beams.
  7.

You can also remove planes and beams from the Plane dialog box and the First Beam and Second Beam dialog boxes. Select the planes and beams you want to remove, and click the Remove button.

Click OK on the Beam dialog box when you are done.
  8. You can change the values of a beam by double clicking on the beam in your 3-D session.

The Beam dialog box displays. Change the values as required.

Some fields are not available, and cannot be changed (such as Category).