Column Edit
- General Overview
- Tips and Tricks
- Related Tools

" Show images " (when checked) displays drawings that depict the dimensions that are controlled by connection design locks .
" Overlay " (when checked) displays one leaf at a time. When you select a leaf, either from the tree on the left or from inside the window itself, all other leaves collapse.
Copy, Paste, Save, Load buttons:
"Properties" opens the Edit Properties window, on which you can make entries to custom properties . If your current Job was set to use a legacy flavor when it was created, the window that opens is named Custom Properties , not Edit Properties .
Tip: The Edit Properties window can also be used to read "
Log " entries or review or type "
Notes ."
Tip: The Member Properties command is an alternative to this button. It opens the Edit Properties window directly, without your first having to open a member edit window.
" Status " opens the Member Status Review window, which can give you additional information about the member, and which you can use to enter status information or designate a member as an existing member .
Note: This button shows
if one or more " Repeat " check boxes on the Member Status Review window do not match the checked-unchecked state of same-named fields in User and Site Options > Site > " Member status items to copy/repeat ." On the Status Review window, the fields that do not match User and Site Options are plotted in red .
" OK " (or the Enter key) closes the edit window and saves any changes you have made on the window to the member file.
Solids on "OK" : If the appropriate choice is made to User and Site Options > Modeling > " Automatically process after modeling operation ," then this member will automatically be regenerated (Create Solids will take place) after your press " OK ." Otherwise, you will have to manually Process and Create Solids in order for changes you made on this window to be fully updated in the 3D model.
Change all: If you Edit Member (one member only) and make a change that potentially triggers the " Do you want to change all ... " dialog and the 3D model contains more than one member of the same type that has the same piecemark as the member you changed, a yes-no dialog opens. On it is the question, " Do you want to change all (members with this piecemark). " Press the " Yes " button to change all the members; press the " No " button to change only this member.
" Cancel " (or the Esc key or the button) closes the edit window without saving any changes that you have made. " Cancel " does not undo a " Detail Member " operation.
Note: If you opened this window while adding a member, " Cancel " brings you back to the work point location step of adding a member.
Tip: Any time you use Edit Member just to review a member (and you do not want to set the defaults for to-be-added members), the best way to close this window is to " Cancel. "
" Reset " undoes any changes made since you opened this window.
Exception: " Reset " does not undo changes made using the " Add View " " Delete View " " Detail Member " " View detail " buttons.
Connection Specifications
Connection Locks
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Limit State
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The only connections that will show limit states are " Auto base/cap plate " and " Splice Plate "
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The capacity of a connection is calculated for various limit states during connection design .
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Connection design takes place when you Process and Create Solids , or when you change a connection design lock .
- Limit states are based from Home > Project Settings > Job > Design > Design Settings > Design method > Connection design method.
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Limit state formulas are output to expanded calculations.
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Unity ratio calculations make it easier to visualize the amount of excess capacity in the connection. For example, if the maximum unity ratio is 0.95, then there is an additional 5% of capacity available based on the connection created for this beam.
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When changing connection design locks , refer to the reported limit state to better assess how your changes affect the capacity of the connection.
- Column (index)
- Connection guide
- Process within member edit
- Work lines (column representation in stick)
- Member Copy (alternative to Add Column )
- Erase Member (to undo Add Column )
- Move/Stretch Member (to move and/or stretch columns and other members)
- Move/Stretch Members, Include Material (same as Move/Stretch Members , but often better)
- Constructing the 3D model (topic)
- Failed connections (topic)
- Grayed out fields (indicate mixed entries or that the field is disabled)








