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Place members in the model. You can place beams, columns, braces, truss elements, or cable member types using this command.

Standard Member Systems

Member systems are logical collections of member parts that maintain the design basis and physical alignment of the member parts for analysis, design, and manufacturing. For example, in vertical cross-bracing, typically one of the vertical braces is split into two parts so that it does not interfere with the other vertical brace in the cross. The member system for that split vertical brace maintains the co-linear alignment of the two parts when you move either outside corner of the vertical brace. Another example of a member system would be a jacket leg. The leg is comprised of different parts, including cans that have different cross-section sizes, but you want the entire leg to move as a single member.

Member Parts

Member parts are children of a standard member system and represent the physical parts in the model. Member parts connect logically to other member parts using assembly connections.

Designed Members

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.

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