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Beam profiles

Profiles are found in the Beam Profiles folder in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

To change the profile for a beam

1. Select the beam in the Structure tree or Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

2. Click Profiles in the Beams group on the Prepare tab.

3. Select a profile from the list or from one of the libraries.

   • More Profiles opens a folder browser to browse to profiles you may have saved on your machine
   • Standard LibraryYou can select from the Materials Library in the Properties panel and add them to your Local Materials. In Scripting, the Class Library is a help document that describes the API. opens a browser of industry standard beam profiles. Two libraries are available.
     • AISC
     • Eurocode

   The name of the beam in the Beams folder changes to the name of the profile, and the new profile is added to your Beam Profiles folder.

To view beam profile properties

Select a beam profile in the Beam Profiles folder in the Structure tree.

The profile properties are displayed in the Properties panelArea of the user interface that displays editable details about the selected object(s). This panel is initially displayed on the lower left side of the screen, but can be moved.. These properties are read-only and cannot be changed.

See Beam properties.

To edit a profile

1. Right-click the profile on the Structure tree.

2. Select Edit Beam ProfileLineA straight line, arc, or spline drawn in Sketch mode or on a layout plane. Lines have length but no area. When you pull a sketch into 3D with the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool, lines become edges. in space; outline of an object; used to describe objects when sweeping or blending..

   The profile will open as a sketch in a new Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. window.

3. Change the profile like you would a sketch.

   Each profile has driving dimensions set up in the GroupsSets of objects that appear in the Groups tab. You create a group from any set of selected objects. Information such as Selection, Alt+selection, move anchoring, axis, and ruler dimension is all stored with the group. panel, and each annotation dimension is labeled to show you which group it corresponds with. You can change these dimensions to alter the profile. See Working with groups.

To set the default profile

1. Clear your selection by clicking in empty space in the Design window.

2. Click Profiles in the Beams group on the Prepare tab.

3. Select a profile from the list or from the profile library.

   New beams you create during this session will use this profile by default.

   The default profile is not persistent and will be cleared when you restart SpaceClaim.

To remove a profile from the Beam Profiles folder

1. Select the profile in the Structure tree.

2. Click Profiles in the Beams group on the Prepare tab.

3. Click Remove Profile.

Example

The labels of the annotation dimensions on a beam profile correspond with the group names.