User Guide

Tutorial 1 - Modeling
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The left side of the dialog contains a list of available shapes. The shape
highlighted in blue indicates the currently selected shape which should be a
W5X16.
The rest of this dialog is pretty self-explanatory. The Shape Type is currently a
Wide Flange but can be any of the others listed such as a WT or channel section.
The Shape Database is currently the AISC database but you can also choose
from Trade ARBED, or Canadian.
Use the Page Up and arrow keys (↑ ,↓) on your keyboard to move through the list.
Click OK when the highlighted shape is a W12X19.
You will see that W12X19 is now in the Shape column of the 2nd row in the
Section Sets spreadsheet. The rest of the properties will be updated as soon as
you leave the cell.
Cold Formed Sections and Database
Use your mouse to select the Cold Formed Tab. Type “Girt” to change the
Section Label from “CF1” to something more informative. Your screen should
now look like this:
We will choose the shape from the shape database so click in the Shape column
and click the arrow to open the Cold Formed Shape Database.
You will notice that the layout of this dialog is very similar to the Hot Rolled Steel
Database, with the left side of the dialog containing a list of available shapes. The
rest of this dialog contains selections for Shape Type and Shape Database. The
current database is the AISI 1999 which is appropiate for our example.