Project: HiCAD Steel Engineering

Define Multi-Part Standard Beams

Steel Engineering > Further functions > Settings > Multi-part standard beams, Define and save as catalogue part

If you frequently require specific standard beam combinations, such as

• Double L-beams,
• Welded profiles,
• Box profiles,
• welded plates, e.g. plate I-profiles, plate box profiles, or plate cross-profiles

you can define these beams as multi-part standard beams and save them to the Multi-part standard beams catalogue. The beams contained in this catalogue can be easily and directly fitted into your drawing via Steel Engineering > New > Others > Multi-part standard beams.

Proceed as follows:

1. Fit the desired single beams into the drawing as required.
2. Activate the Multi-part standard beams, Define and save as catalogue part function.  
3. Identify the beams you want to take over into the multi-part standard beam. End the selection with a press on the middle mouse button.
4. Select a point on the axis of the standard beam group.
5. Select the catalogue to which you want to assign the beam.
6. Specify a beam name and the beam data, and exit the dialogue with OK.

Please note:

• The identified parts need to be standard beams with parallel beam axes, or steel plates with constant cross-section.
• Multi-part standard beams are managed via the Catalogue Editor: In the catalogue Factory standards > Multi-part standard beams you will find several, predefined tables. You can also create your own tables for user-defined multi-part standard beams or plates. Extensive information on this topic can be found in the Online Help of the Catalogue Editor (cateditor.exe).

Management (3-D-SE) • Fit Multi-Part Standard Beams (3-D-SE)