User Guide

Tutorial 2 - Modifying
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For these “modify” options a “Use?” checkbox is available for each item that may
be modified.
This indicates what parameters are applied. We saw this when we defined the
boundary conditions. If the little box is not checked, the parameter won’t be used.
Modify Members
Now click on the Draw / Modify Members button on the Drawing Toolbar.
Select the Modify Properties tab to view the modification options.
Click on
, and in the upper-left portion of this dialog. Then click on
and change the Section Set from “Chord” to “Web”.
Now click the box just to the right of the “Material Type and Shape” field that is
labeled “Use?” so that the box is checked. Finally in the lower right choose
Apply Entries to All Selected Items.
The dialog is now set and should look like this:
We made our selection prior to opening this dialog but we could have waited until
now to select the members. Regardless, clicking Apply will modify the section
set for all of the selected members.
Click Apply to apply these changes and close this dialog. Click Select All
to
select the entire model. Then click to see an isometric view of the entire
structure.