Beam

Task area Roof

You can use this tool to create beams.

To place a series of beams

1. Click Beam (How).
   

   Activate Beam in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Role Architecture Task Elements Task area Roof

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

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

   Frame Construction: Rafters, Roof Beams, Posts

2. Define the Height.
   (The angle of inclination (Slope box) is always 0.000 and locked. In other words, beams are always placed horizontally.)
3. Enter the placing region by
   • clicking an existing element or
   • entering a series of points.
4. Use the tools in the dialog line and on the shortcut menu.
   

   The dialog line provides the following tools and options, helping you draw lines and polylines.
   

   Icon	Tool	Use
   	No icon pressed in	The line can be drawn at any angle. This is the default setting.
   	Enter at right angles	The line can be drawn only at right angles to the current system angle.
   	Enter using cursor snap	The line can be drawn only at specific angles.
   15.00	Cursor snap	Define the cursor snap angle here (only possible when is turned on).

5. Press ESC to finish defining the placing region.

   Note: To specify additional placing regions, repeat steps 2 and 3.

6. Any outlines you enter now within the region will create recesses within it.
   Press ESC to finish.

   Note: The outline of the recess must be completely within the placing region. If this is not so, the program will issue a message.

   

   Several margins
   This message is displayed when the outline is not within the placing region.

   Polylines intersect
   This message is displayed when the outline and the placing region have a common edge or overlap.

7. Click a line that will serve as the reference line
   Click a line on the polygon you just entered. The beams will be placed along this line and perpendicular to it.
8. If you want, you can now modify the beam parameters.
   The context toolbar provides several options.
   

   • Click Properties to set the parameters in a dialog box.
   • Click Match properties to copy the settings from an existing element.
   • Click Load favorite to select saved parameter combinations.
9. Define the length of the region in which the beams will be placed by clicking a start point and an end point.
10. On the context toolbar, you can define how the beams are placed.
11. To finish designing the beams, press ESC.
12. Beam design will now finish. Would you like to save the changes?
    Click Yes.
13. To place more beams in another region, repeat steps 1 through 4.
14. Press ESC to quit the tool.