Insert members by secondary framing distance - CADWorx - Help

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1. Click Shapes on the Model panel.

2. Click a shape in Section Type.

   You can insert concrete members from the Shapes palette. Follow the same steps to insert concrete shapes.

3. Select a Section Data Table.

4. Select a Member Size.

5. Select a Material, or keep the default.

6. Type an Angle for the shape.

7. Select a Cardinal Point.

8. Select or clear the Reflect check box.

9. Select a Group.

10. Select a Layer, or keep the default.

11. Click the Details tab.

12. If needed, edit the Long Description and Short Description. For more information, see Shapes.

13. If required, type a Part Number and a Tag.

14. If you have Custom Fields, you can change the shape Value.

    Right-click, and then select Reset or Reset All to reset the Value to the default value from the Structure Editor.

15. Select Secondary Framing from the Place By list.

16. Click Insert.

17. Click pairs of parallel members in the model space, and then press ENTER.

    

    • You can select members in parallel pairs or that are perpendicular to one another.

    • The red circles indicate selected objects.

      

      The Secondary Framing dialog box displays.

18. In Secondary Framing, Pair 1 displays as the active pair. If you selected only two members, only Pair 1 displays. If you selected four or more members, you can select additional pairs in the Secondary Framing list.

19. Type in the Distance from Origin, and then click Add New Point.

    This adds the coordinate from the end of the beam to place the secondary framing member.

20. Type in the next Distance from Origin, and then click Add New Point. This adds the second coordinate from the end of the beam.

    The Distance from Origin for the second beam and any subsequent beams must be more than the distance for the first beam. The software always takes the distance from the cardinal point of the first beam you selected when you ran Secondary Framing. For example, if you type a Distance from Origin of 3' for your first beam, then you must enter 4' or more for your second beam. If you are less than 4', your beam overlaps the previously inserted beam.

21. Continue to type the Distance from Origin for each secondary beam you need in the 3D model.

    You must know the distance between the two parallel beams, because the software does not extend beams beyond the second beam you selected.

22. When you finish adding coordinates, click Done.

    The software places the members in the model space.

    

Select the top five members to add the additional members, as shown below:

If you have Auto Cope turned on in the Rules, you can select the first and last members, as shown below.

The software adds all the intersecting beams and copes them to any intersecting perpendicular beam.

If you select the first and last beams with Auto Cope turned off, then the software places the beams from the first and last selected beam without cutting the beams.

Add secondary framing between perpendicular beams

1. Select Secondary Framing from the Place By list.

2. Click Insert.

3. Click two perpendicular members in the model space, and then press ENTER.

   

   The Secondary Framing dialog box displays.

4. In Secondary Framing, Pair 1 displays as the active pair. If you selected only two members, only Pair 1 displays. If you selected four or more members, you can select additional pairs in the Secondary Framing list.

5. Type in the Distance from Origin, and then click Add New Point.

   This adds the coordinate from the end of the beam to place the secondary framing member.

6. Type in the next Distance from Origin, and then click Add New Point. This adds the second coordinate from the end of the beam.

   The Distance from Origin for the second beam and any subsequent beams must be more than the distance for the first beam. The software always takes the distance from the cardinal point of the first beam you selected when you ran Secondary Framing. For example, if you type a Distance from Origin of 3' for your first beam, then you must enter 4' or more for your second beam. If you are less than 4', your beam overlaps the previously inserted beam.

7. Continue to type the Distance from Origin for each secondary beam you need in the 3D model.

   You must know the distance between the two parallel beams, because the software does not extend beams beyond the second beam you selected.

8. When you finish adding coordinates, click Done.

   The software places the members in the model space.