Update Steel, Timber Elements

Task area Roof

You can use this tool to recalculate the 3D representation of steel and timber elements.

To update the geometry of existing steel or timber elements

1. Click Update Steel, Timber Elements (How).
   

   Activate Update Steel, Timber Elements in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Architecture Task Elements Task area Roof

   • Menu bar: Modify Architecture Frame Construction: Rafters, Roof Beams, Posts

   • Palette: Tools Change area in the following module(s):

   Frame Construction: Rafters, Roof Beams, Posts

2. Click the elements you want to recalculate
   Or
   Right-click in the workspace twice to address all the elements in the document.

   For example:

   

   (1) Result after rafter and roof beam have been created
   (2) Result after roof beam has been deleted
   (3) Result after Update Steel, Timber Elements (The hole in the rafter disappears.)