Insert members by secondary framing count - 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 two or more parallel members in the model space.

    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. Check the Number of Members check box, and then type a value in Number of Members box.

20. Click Add Points.

    This adds the coordinates along the members and evenly spaces each beam along the selected members.

21. Click Done.

    The software places the members in the model space.

    

Adding secondary framing to already placed secondary framing

1. Click Insert.

2. Click two or more parallel members in the model space.

   

   The Secondary Framing dialog box displays.

3. 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.

4. Check the Number of Members check box, and then type a value in the Number of Members box.

5. Click Add Points.

   This adds the coordinates along the members and evenly spaces each beam along the selected members.

6. 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. Check the Number of Members check box, and then type a value in the Number of Members box.

6. Click Add Points.

   This adds the coordinates along the members and evenly spaces each beam along the selected members.

7. Click Done.

   The software places the members in the model space.