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Designed members are composed of individual plates in the same fashion as a standard rolled member. For example, a designed member with a W-section has a plate for the top flange, a plate for the web, and a plate for the bottom flange. These plates behave just like all other plates in the model, which means you can detail and manufacture the plates in the Structural Detailing and Structural Manufacturing tasks. You can even edit the properties of the individual plates to adjust the plate thickness, for example, without affecting the designed member's cross-section. Because designed members are composed of plates, you can place members in the model that are prismatic, tapered, and non-prismatic. Use designed members to place tapered, can, cone, haunch, and other specialty members in your model.