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Click Setup
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Click Rules.
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Select Auto Cope.
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Select Bolted Coping, and type a Cope Distance.
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Select Welded Coping, and type a Cope Distance.
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Select Bolted Coping and Welded Coping, and then type a distance in each Cope Distance box.
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Click Apply and Close.
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Open a drawing, or create a new drawing.
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Click Shapes.
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Select a Section Type.
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Select a Member Size.
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Select a Group.
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Select a Place By option.
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Click Insert.
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Follow the prompts on the command line to place the beam or column. See Shapes for more information on placing shapes in the model.
If you selected both Bolted Coping and Welded Coping, the software prompts you to select Bolted or Welded after you place the member.
The software places and copes the beam based on your settings in the Rules tab.
