Flat Bar Material
General description :
Flat bar is strip of steel with a cross section that is rectangular in shape. Use of flat bar stock minimizes the number of cutting or shearing operations in the shop.
Flat bar is conventionally designated by "Flat bar" prefix + thickness x width (example: FL1x1-0 ).
Flat bar is not found in any shape file, but is generated per settings on the Flat Bar Material window.
See the documentation for the setup option " Force flat bar description to use smaller of length & width " for more information on how SDS2 sets a flat bar's section size description.
The default material mark prefix for flat bar is fb .
Steel grades :
Steel grades that are available for flat bar material are set up using the Job Options list of " Plate Grades & Bar Stock ."