Frameworks Plus Tutorial

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FrameWorks Plus

Tutorial

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Table of Contents

Preface

FrameWorks® Plus is the structural engineering package from Intergraph® Corporation. It is a three-dimensional product that is MicroStation®-based. This tutorial demonstrates the various aspects of a structural project using FrameWorks Plus. This tutorial is not intended to be a comprehensive reference document for the FrameWorks Plus product. See the FrameWorks Plus Reference Guide for detailed information on FrameWorks Plus commands. To learn about the concepts and features in FrameWorks Plus, refer to the FrameWorks Plus Overview.

Prerequisites

Before you start working through this tutorial, you need to load MicroStation and FrameWorks Plus.

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Getting Started

Getting Started

What is FrameWorks Plus?

FrameWorks® Plus is a MicroStation®-based structural modeling application from Intergraph®. FrameWorks Plus is designed to improve the efficiency of structural engineers, designers, and drafts people by automating the modeling, design, and drafting processes.

Using FrameWorks Plus, you can model three-dimensional structural steel and concrete buildings and generate construction documents, such as structural framing plans, elevations, and material reports.

The structural model can be displayed as an annotated line drawing or with three-dimensional surfaces. The 3-D model allows you to do a visual interference check, as well as provide realistic renderings of your proposed designs for customer

presentations.

FrameWorks Plus can also be used to create input for and read the results from structural analysis and design programs such as STAAD or GTSTRUDL.

What will I do?

Following step-by-step exercises, you will create, build, and load a simple structural model. The project is executed from start to finish -- from layout to the creation of construction drawings and a material take-off. While working through this manual you will learn how to:

• Create plan and elevation views

• Place columns, beams, braces, slabs, and walls • Copy and move members

• Place member cutbacks • Place and label loads

• Compose a drawing to be plotted

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Getting Started

What am I building?

When you are finished working through this tutorial, your model will look similar to the following:

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Projects and Seed Models

Projects and Seed Models

In this section, we will create a FrameWorks Plus project, a seed model, and define the default settings and view in the seed model. When you are finished, you will know how to:

• Create a FrameWorks Plus project • Create a FrameWorks Plus model • Create plan, elevation, and 3D views • Create view grids

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Create a Project

The FrameWorks Plus Manager Utilities > Create > Project command creates FrameWorks Plus projects. A FrameWorks Plus project consists of several directories and files. To organize and manage these files, FrameWorks Plus uses a directory structure to store the various file types. A project can contain one or several individual models.

1. Click Start > Programs > FrameWorks Plus > FrameWorks Plus.

2. In the FrameWorks Manager dialog box, change directories to c:\users. If you do not have a c:\users directory, or you want to put the project elsewhere on your computer, you can select any directory to which you have read and write access. Just remember where you put your project.

3. Click Utilities > Create > Project. 4. Type myproject for the Project name.

Note

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Here is a quick review of the project directory structure.

\data - The data folder contains the project's config.dat file. The config.dat file contains the project's customized environment variable settings. The config.dat file is copied automatically from ..\fwplus\data (the product folder) when the project is created. For more information about the environment variables in the config.dat file, see Appendix A: Customizing FrameWorks Plus in the FrameWorks Plus Reference Guide.

\drw - The drawing folder contains 3D design files used in drawing composition. Drawings can be composed in any 3D design file, including the FrameWorks Plus model file itself. If a separate drawing file is used, it should be stored in this subfolder.

\esl - If special nonstandard steel or concrete sections are used on a project, they can be created and stored in a user section library. These user section libraries are stored in this subfolder. If you are creating arbitrary sections, the cell library file (ist.cel) is stored here also. The ist.cel file is copied from the ..\fwplus\esl folder to this project folder when the project is created.

\frz - When saving frozen views to a separate design file, those design files are stored in this subfolder. This folder is also used to store files generated for the SmartPlant® Review product and to store the interference envelope files generated for the project. \int - This is the interface subfolder where files used for interfacing FrameWorks Plus to other structural engineering products are stored. These interface files include input files for analysis packages such as GTSTRUDL and STAAD and the Common Structural Database (CSD) files. Additionally, FrameWorks Plus creates map files in this folder that are used in the analysis interface process.

\mod - All structural model design and database files for the project are in this subfolder.

\rpt - The report subfolder is used to store all reports created for models in the project.

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Edit the config.dat File

When you open a model in myproject, FrameWorks Plus reads the config.dat in the project's data folder, which the software copied there from the ..\fwplus\data folder when you created the project. In this activity, we are going to edit the myproject's config.dat file to use project specific grade.dat and attributes.dat files.

1. Open Windows Explorer.

2. Copy grade.dat, attributes.dat, and all the .rsc files from ..\fwplus\data to the c:\users\myproject\data folder. The default installation location for FrameWorks Plus is c:\win32app\ingr.

3. Using Notepad, or another ASCII editor, open c:\users\myproject\data\config.dat. 4. Edit FW_DATA=$(PROD)DATA\ to read FW_DATA=c:\users\myproject\data\ 5. Save and exit the config.dat file.

Now when you open a model in myproject, FrameWorks Plus reads the grade.dat and attributes.dat files in the ..\myproject\data folder instead of in the ..\fwplus\data folder.

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Edit the attributes.dat File

FrameWorks reads the attributes.dat file for certain member attribute values that you can customize. In this activity, you are going to edit the project's attributes.dat file. 1. Open Windows Explorer.

2. Using Notepad, or another ASCII editor, open c:\users\myproject\data\attributes.dat.

3. Scroll down through the file until you find the Fabricator Name entries. 4. Change "ABC" to "Huntsville Steel".

5. Change "XYZ" to "Jones Steel". 6. Save and exit the attributes.dat file.

7. Right-click the attributes.dat file, and then select Properties. 8. Make attributes.dat read-only.

9. Click OK. Caution

• If you plan to write a Steel Detailing Neutral File (SDNF) from a project,

you must take administrative action to safe guard the attributes.dat file from unauthorized editing. FrameWorks Plus writes the code listed value (1, 2, 3, and so forth) of the attribute value to the SDNF, not the text string. Because the code listed values are written to the SDNF, you must send the attributes.dat file with the SDNF so that the receiving party can correctly interpret the SDNF. After the SDNF has been written, you cannot edit existing values in the attributes.dat file. The only edits to the attributes.dat file that would be okay would be to add values to a list. Continue to the next activity.

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Create a Seed Model

Seed models provide a terrific and time saving way to ensure that all your models in the same project have the same basic settings and views. For the rest of this chapter, we will be defining a seed model. In our seed model we will:

• Create the standard views we will be using to create the tutorial model. • Define grids in those views.

• Define member and model settings.

• Create standard load cases and load combinations.

1. In FrameWorks Plus Manager, browse to the myproject\mod folder. 2. Click Utilities > Create > Model.

3. Type seedmodel for the Model Name. Model names can be up to 10 characters long.

4. Select Feet for the Units.

5. Select KIPS for the Force Units. 6. Select AISC for the Standard Section

Table.

7. Select None for the User Section Table. 8. Leave Third Party Software set to STAAD

and the Design Code set to AISC-ASD. 9. Click OK.

FrameWorks Plus creates the model seedmodel.

10. Click OK to acknowledge the model was created.

11. Double-click the mod folder.

12. Double-click the seedmodel.mod file to open the seed model. Continue to the next activity.

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Create Three-Dimensional Views

There are three types of Model Views in FrameWorks Plus: Plan, Elevation, and 3D. In this activity, we will create a 3D isometric view and a 3D dimetric view.

A 3D view is the most generic of the three view types and can be defined in any orientation, such as isometric, but can also be defined in an orthogonal orientation (top, south, and so forth). Members can be placed in a 3D view, but unlike plan and elevation views, there is no active depth or working plane associated with the view definition. Using a 3D view is sometimes necessary for structures with intricate bracing, such as transmission towers, or irregular structure geometry.

Like the other views, you can define specific member display symbology for the 3D Model Views. The surface representation is frequently used in 3D views.

Note

• The first view you create in a FrameWorks Plus model should always be a

3D Isometric view. The PDS™ and FrameWorks Plus batch propagation routines use the first 3D view defined in a FrameWorks Plus model to generate the propagated view.

1. Click View > Create. 2. Set View Type to 3D.

3. Set View Orientation to Standard ISO. 4. Type Isometric in the View Name field.

5. Type Default 3D Isometric View in the Description field.

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7. Click Apply, and identify a MicroStation view.

FrameWorks Plus creates a new view named Isometric. 8. Set View Orientation to Dimetric.

9. Type Default 3D Dimetric View in the Description field. 10. Click OK, and identify a MicroStation view.

FrameWorks Plus creates a new view named 3D View.

Continue to the next section. If you need to exit, click File > Save FWP Settings in the FrameWorks Plus command window and File > Save Settings in the

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Create Plan Views

A plan view is used to lay out vertical structural columns and framing members in a 2D plan view. Plan views are often created for each floor of a structure, both for layout purposes and for creation of the framing plan drawings. However, plan views do not have to be horizontal. For example, a plan view can be created in a non-horizontal orientation to create a framing plan for a sloping roof. Plan views have an active depth and a display depth range, which control member placement and display in the view.

We are going to create three plan views in our seed model: one at the ground or first floor elevation (0 feet), one at the second floor elevation (15 feet), and one at the roof elevation (30 feet). Any new models we create using this seed model will have these three plan views and the 3D views you just created in them.

1. Click Tools > Views.

2. Click Create View on the FW Views tool box. 3. Type Roof Plan View for the Description.

4. Set View Type to Plan.

5. Set View Orientation to Standard Top.

6. For the Z field, type 30. This specifies the top-of-steel (TOS) value for this floor as 30 feet. Notice the default view name also changes.

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7. Click Apply to create the plan view.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select MicroStation view to Set.

8. Place a data point in any existing MicroStation view to view your plan view. FrameWorks Plus creates the plan view at the defined elevation and renames the MicroStation view to the FrameWorks Plus view name.

9. Type Second Floor Plan View for the description. 10. Type 15 for the Z field.

11. Click Apply, and then select another MicroStation view. 12. Type Ground Floor Plan View for the description. 13. Type 0 for the Z field.

14. Click OK, and then select the Isometric view.

FrameWorks Plus replaces the Isometric view with the Framing Plan @ TOS 0 view. You can activate the Isometric view later by using the View > Set command. 15. Save this setup using the File > Save FWP Settings command. Otherwise, the

FrameWorks Plus view definition is not saved when you exit FrameWorks Plus, and you will have to Set (reactivate) the view the next time you enter the

software.

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Create Grid Lines

Grids are created by defining how many horizontal and vertical grid lines that you need and how far apart the lines should be placed. Grids can be placed at any plan angle, relative to the X-axis, so that you can generate a rotated plan if needed. FrameWorks Plus creates a basic set of orthogonal grids. If a more elaborate grid layout is required, you can create it by using any MicroStation command (move, copy, rotate, mirror, extend, and so forth) on one or more FrameWorks Plus grid lines within the grid set.

We are going to place the same grid in all three plan views:

• Three horizontal lines, spaced 15 feet apart, with numeric tags • Five vertical lines, irregularly spaced, with alphabetical tags

1. Click Tools > Grids.

2. Click Place Plan Grid on the Grids tool box. 3. Select the Number of Lines field, and type 3.

4. Press Tab to move to the Spacing field, and then type 15. Press Tab again to register the number in the field.

5. Set the Axis option to Vertical to define the vertical lines in the grid. 6. For the Number of Lines field, type 2.

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8. Define three more lines: two at 15 feet (Number of Lines - 2, Spacing - 15) and one at 10 feet (Number of Lines - 1, Spacing - 10).

As you define the lines, the cumulative number of lines and their spacing is shown below the key-in fields. If you make a mistake, click Clear to erase the data and redefine the lines.

9. Click OK to create the grid.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select Target View for Grid. 10. Place a data point in the Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0 model view.

FrameWorks Plus creates the grid lines at the view's active depth and adjusts the view range so that the entire grid is visible.

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Projects and Seed Models 16. Select any grid line on the Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0 view again, and then click

again to accept it.

17. Place a data point in the Framing Plan @ TOS 0 view.

Now that we have the 3D and Plan views created, we are ready to create the Elevation views. Continue to the next activity.

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Create Elevation Views

An elevation view is used to create an elevation or section view of a model. This is typically a view created by "passing a vertical plane" through the 3D model at a defined point. Often, elevation views are created along an existing column grid line. Elevation views can also be used for placement of vertical bracing in a structure. Like plan views, elevation views use an active depth and display depth for placement and display purposes.

We will be creating four elevation views during this activity.

1. Open a fifth MicroStation view using the appropriate MicroStation command (Window > Open/Close).

2. Click Window > Tile on the MicroStation menu so you can see all five views. 3. Click View > Create.

4. Set View Type to Elevation. 5. Set View Orientation to South. 6. Set Define Active Plane by to Point.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Specify point for view active depth. 7. Snap to and accept grid 1 in one of the plan views.

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Projects and Seed Models 9. Click Apply.

10. Identify a MicroStation view to use for the elevation view. You will need one of the FrameWorks Plus Plan views throughout this activity (Framing Plan @ TOS 0, Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0, or Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0), so do not select one of the plan views.

FrameWorks Plus creates a new model view named South Elevation. 11. Set View Orientation to North.

12. Set Define Active Plane by to Point. Note

• You must reset the option to Point even though it is set to Point

already.

13. FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Specify point for view active depth. 14. Snap to and accept grid 3 in one of the plan views.

15. Type North Elevation View at Grid 3 for the description. 16. Click Apply.

17. Identify a MicroStation view to use for the elevation view. Again, make sure you do not select the Plan View that you have decided to keep.

FrameWorks Plus creates a new model view named North Elevation. 18. Set View Orientation to West.

19. Set Define Active Plane by to Point.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Specify point for view active depth. 20. Snap to and accept grid A in one of the plan views.

21. Type West Elevation View at Grid A for the description. 22. Click Apply.

23. Identify a MicroStation view to use for the elevation view. Do not select your plan view.

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26. Place a data point between grid lines B and C. This data point defines the

direction that you are looking at the elevation view as if you were standing on the grid line. In this case, looking east.

27. Type Elevation View at Grid B for the description. 28. Click OK.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select MicroStation view to Set. 29. Identify the last MicroStation view that is not your Plan View.

FrameWorks Plus creates a new model view named Elevation @ Grid B. Continue to the next activity.

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Place Elevation Grids

Now that we have the elevation views created, we need to create elevation grids using the Place Elevation Grid command.

1. Click Tools > Grids.

2. Click Place Elevation Grid.

3. Click Apply to accept the default parameters. FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select Grid Line. 4. Select Grid 1 in the plan view, and accept it.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select Elevation View for grid. 5. Place a data point in the South Elevation view.

FrameWorks Plus creates and then fits the grid in the view.

6. Click Apply on the dialog box again to accept the default parameters. FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select Grid Line.

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11. Place a data point in the West Elevation view. FrameWorks Plus creates the grid.

12. Click OK on the dialog box.

13. Select Grid B in the plan view, and accept it.

14. Place a data point in the Elevation View @ Grid B view. FrameWorks Plus creates the grid.

15. We do not need all five MicroStation views any more, so close the fifth view. 16. Click Window > Tile again to tile the four remaining views.

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Modify View Styles

In this activity we are going to select an existing view preference, modify it, and then save it under a new name.

These different styles can be used in other projects. The styles are saved in the ..\fwplus\data\fw.rsc file. (The drive letter, and preceding string on your machine would vary depending on how you loaded FrameWorks Plus.) When a suitable series of view styles are created on one computer, the fw.rsc file can be copied to other computers running FrameWorks Plus or put on and accessed through a server. You may want to save a copy of the file in a location other than the product delivery directory as a backup. When new FrameWorks Plus software is loaded, the file that you modified is overwritten if it is in the product directory.

1. Click View > Create.

The Create View dialog box displays.

2. Click File > Load from the Create View dialog box. The Load Preference dialog box displays.

3. Click the MP ModelDraft preference.

In this preference, members are displayed with a bold orange member line and a cross section icon at the start of the member (end 1).

4. For the Description field on the Create View dialog box, type MP with setbacks

5. Click Symbology > Linear > Beams from the Create View dialog box.

The View Symbology - Beams dialog box displays. This dialog box is used to define how members display in a view.

6. In the Graphics list, select Sparse.

The sparse representation settings appear in the Attributes part of the dialog box. The top group of settings is for the member line, and the bottom group is for the section icon.

7. Change the Setback values for the member line (both end 1 and end 2) and for the cross-section to 5.0.

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will also make it easier to locate concentrated or partially distributed loads along the member's length, as measured from end 1. The graphical setbacks do not affect the reported material centerline-to-centerline length, or the analytical member's length.

10. Click Apply to save your changes.

11. Click Type > Columns from the dialog box.

12. Make the same changes to the column settings (steps 6 to 10) that you did for the beam settings: changing the setbacks and the cross-section weight.

13. Click Apply to save your changes.

14. Modify the Vertical Brace settings and the Horizontal Brace settings the same way. Make sure you click Apply before moving on to next member type. 15. When you are finished changing the view symbology, click OK to return to the

Create View dialog box.

16. Click File > Save As, and type MPsetback.

17. Click OK to save the new view preference. 18. Click OK on the Create View dialog box. 19. Place a data point in a view.

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Define Member Settings

Now that the views and grids are defined, we can move on to the member settings. The Settings > Defaults > Linear commands are a part of the FrameWorks Plus operating parameters. The Save FWP Settings command stores these parameters in the model database. You can modify the parameters with this command or by using the Settings > Member > Attributes or Settings > Members > Orientation commands.

There are two basic member parameter categories: attributes and orientation. The attributes relate to general properties and nongraphical information about the member such as name, section size, class, and material. The orientation parameters define the exact geometric placement of the structural section upon the member centerline (placement line). These parameters include orientation vector (OV), cardinal point (CP), rotation angle, and reflection.

1. Click Settings > Defaults > Linear > Beams.

2. Verify that the default beam settings are set as follows: Start Section is W18X65

End Section is off Name is set to Auto Grade is set to A36 Class is set to 0 Material is set to Steel

Priority for End1 and End 2 is 8 CP is set to 8

Rotation is set to 0 Reflect is off OV is set to Z-axis 3. Click More Attributes.

4. Select Huntsville Steel as the Fabricator Name. 5. Click OK.

6. Click Apply.

7. Click Type > Columns.

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12. Verify that the remaining default column settings are set as follows: End Section is off

Name is set to Auto Class is set to 0 Material is set to Steel Grade is set to A36

Priority for End1 and End 2 is 3 CP is set to 5

Rotation is set to 0 Reflect is off OV is set to X-axis

13. Click Apply.

14. Click Type > V-Braces. 15. Set CP to 2.

16. Set Rotation to 90.

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Projects and Seed Models 23. Verify that the default horizontal brace settings are as follows:

CP is set to 8 Rotation is set to 0 Reflect is off OV is set to Z-axis

Start Section is set to MC12X35 End Section is off

Name is set to Auto Class is set to 0 Material is set to Steel Grade is set to A36

Priority for End1 and End 2 is 13 24. Click More Attributes.

25. Select Huntsville Steel as the Fabricator Name. 26. Click OK.

27. Click OK.

28. Click File > Save FWP Settings to save the new settings. Continue to the next activity.

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Define Load Cases

By defining load cases in the seed model, you save time by not having to define them in each new model you create in the project. In addition, you can write your load cases and load combination definitions to an ASCII file for portability between FrameWorks Plus projects. Do not save the ASCII file to the product folder, as it will be overwritten when you reinstall FrameWorks Plus.

While you can create new load cases as you are placing loads, you have more control over the load case symbology (color, weight, level) if you create the load cases before placing loads.

1. Click Tools > Analytical. 2. Click Create Load Case.

3. Create a dead load case using the following values: Load Case Name: dead

Load Case Type: Dead Load Color: 3 (red)

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Projects and Seed Models 5. Now create three more load cases: Live, Wind, and Self.

Use the following values for each:

Name Type Color Level Direction Factor

Live Live Load 2 (green) 22 Wind Wind Load 5 (purple) 23

Self Self Weight Z -1

6. Click Save after defining each load case. Then click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box.

7. Click Settings > Symbology > Loads.

8. Change the load type button at the top of the dialog box to Distributed. 9. Set the scaling attributes to:

L1 = 1 F1 = 0.1 L2 = 2 F2 = 1

These scaling attributes control the size of the load graphic in proportion to the load magnitude. In other words, the larger the load magnitude, the larger the load graphic.

10. Select Use Load Case Color. 11. Select Use Load Case Weight. 12. Click OK to save your changes. 13. Click File > Save FWP Settings. Continue to the next activity.

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Define Load Combinations

FrameWorks Plus can define load combinations and write those load combinations to the analytical deck. For the seed model, we are going to create two load

combinations.

1. Click Create Load Combination

The Load Combinations dialog box displays. 2. Type comb1 for the Load Combination Name. 3. Set Load Combination Type to Algebraic. 4. Set Global Multiplier to 1.00.

5. Click Dead, then the + on the keypad, and then Live. 6. Click Save.

7. Type comb2 for the Load Combination Name. 8. Set Load Combination Type to Algebraic. 9. Type 0.75 for the Global Multiplier.

10. Click Dead, then +, then Live, then +, and then Wind. 11. Click Save.

12. Click Cancel.

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Copy Seed Model

All the time and effort that you have put into the seed model is about to pay off. In this activity we are going to create two new models using your seed model. One model, called linear, contains the beams, columns, and braces in your model. The other model, called solids, contains the concrete or solid members of your model.

Note

• While you can model linear and solid members in the same model, using a

separate model for solid members is the recommended method. 1. Click the MicroStation File > Close command.

The graphics environment closes and the FrameWorks Manager dialog box appears.

2. Click Utilities > Copy > Model. 3. Click Browse for the From field.

4. Select seedmodel.mod from the list, and then click OK. 5. Click Browse for the To field.

6. Type linear in the Files box, and then click OK.

7. Click OK on the Copy FrameWorks Model dialog box. 8. Click OK to confirm that you want to copy the model.

FrameWorks Plus creates a new model called Linear.mod.

9. Now create another model called solids from your seed model using the Copy Model command.

10. Click Cancel to exit the FrameWorks Plus Manager dialog box. Continue to the next activity.

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Building Basics

Building Basics

In this section, we will build a simple steel-frame two-story building. When you are finished, you will know how to:

• Place columns individually and in groups • Place beams

• Place framing members • Place vertical braces

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Building Basics

Open Linear Model

1. Click Start > Programs > FrameWorks Plus > FrameWorks Plus. 2. In the FrameWorks Manager dialog box, change directories to

c:\users\myproject\mod Note

• If you created your project in a directory other than c:\users, substitute

that directory path for c:\users. 3. Select the model named Linear.mod

4. Click Open.

If you need to stop working through the tutorial and exit FrameWorks Plus, save the view setup and active parameters by selecting the File > Save FWP Settings

command. You should also use the MicroStation File > Save Settings command to save the design file setup.

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Building Basics

Place Individual Columns

Notice that the grids you created in the seed model are in this model. Though not absolutely necessary, grids are extremely useful as references for drawing

dimensions. They also help in the modeling process by providing reference points at which you can place structural members.

In this activity you will learn how to place individual columns in a model. 1. Click View > Set.

2. Select Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0 from the list of Model Views. 3. Click Set, and then place a data point in a MicroStation View.

4. Set the 3D Dimetric view. While you will be working in the Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0 view, you have a better view of the model in the 3D view.

5. Click Cancel to dismiss the Set View dialog box.

6. Click Tools > Placement > Linear from the FrameWorks Plus menu.

7. Display the Member Attributes and Member Orientation dialog boxes. Both of these are on the FrameWorks Plus command window under the Settings > Member command.

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Building Basics

9. Click Place Column on the Place Member tool box.

10. On the Place Column dialog box, set the top elevation to 18' and the bottom elevation to 0'.

11. Point to the grid in the plan view.

A scaled column footprint moves with the cursor. When you move close to a grid intersection, the footprint jumps (or snaps) to the intersection. This is the

AutoSnap feature of FrameWorks Plus working.

12. Move the column footprint to grid intersection A-1, and place a data point in the design file (the mouse's data button is usually the left mouse button).

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Building Basics 13. Place two more columns at grid intersections B-1 and C-1.

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Building Basics

Place Multiple Columns

For regular floor plans, which use the same member size and length for most or all columns, you can place the columns all at once by using a fence. The columns are placed at all grid intersections inside a fenced area.

1. Click Fence Shape and place a fence around the remaining floor grid intersections.

2. Click Place Column.

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Building Basics 3. Click OK on the Alert box to place the columns.

4. Click Fence Shape again to dismiss the fence. 5. Click Tools > Manipulate.

6. Click Delete Member

7. Delete the column at grid intersection A-2 (should be the column named C_6). We do not need this column.

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Building Basics

Place Single Beams

Beams are placed by defining the beam ends using the same AutoSnap feature (the cursor snaps to the grid intersection closest to the cursor) that was used for columns. 1. Click Place Beam.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Enter Position of End 1.

2. In the Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0 view, place a data point at the grid intersection A-1 to define the first beam end.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Enter Position of End 2.

3. Move the cursor toward grid intersection B-1. Notice the second beam end moving with the cursor, lengthening and shortening the beam as you move the cursor in the view. This is called dynamic placement mode, also known as rubber-banding.

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Building Basics 5. Continue to place beams along grid line 1. Respond to the Enter Position of End

2 prompt by placing a data point at C-1, D-1, and E-1.

6. Right-click when you are finished placing the four beams. Continue to the next activity.

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Copy Members Using Selection Sets

If each column row has similar framing girders, you can quickly lay out the framing plan by placing a single beam row (as you just did) and then copying the beams to the rest of the second floor.

As with similar MicroStation commands, all FrameWorks Plus modification and manipulation commands work in two modes:

• Single element mode

• Selection set (multiple elements) mode

Selection Sets

A selection set is an element group that has been identified as a set using the Element Selection command. This element select set can then be manipulated as one. When the Element Selection command is chosen, the cursor changes from a cross-hair to an arrow with a circle at the end. This element selection tool (cursor) can then be used to identify the elements you want to manipulate or modify (such as copy, move, or edit). To select elements one at a time with the selection tool, place a data point on the element. Handles display at either end of the selected element to indicate that it has been selected. Add other elements to the set by holding down the CTRL key as you place data points on the elements. This method allows you to select random elements for the selection set. To remove a selected element from the selection set, reselect the element and the handles disappear.

To select several elements at one time with the selection tool, use the selection tool's fence select feature. Press and hold the data button, and drag a rectangular fence around the elements that you want in the set. Handles display on each member in the set.

Copy the girders on grid line 1 to the rest of the second floor using the fence select feature.

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3. Click Tools > Manipulate to activate the Manipulate toolbox. 4. Click Copy Member.

Because the selection set was active when the copy command was selected, an alert box displays, and the four beams in the selection set highlight.

5. Click OK to verify that you want to copy the highlighted beams. (If you click Cancel, you reject the set and revert to single copy mode.)

6. Type 2 in the Number of Copies field because there are two horizontal grid lines at equal spacing.

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8. Snap to the left end of grid line 2, and then place a data point to accept the tentative point.

The beams are copied to grid lines 2 and 3.

9. Reselect the Element Selection tool, and place a data point in any view. This dismisses the four-beam selection set.

10. Finish placing the primary beams on the first floor (along the vertical grid lines A through E) using the Place Beam command.

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When you finish placing the beams, close the open tool boxes and dialog boxes except for the FrameWorks Plus menu. If you need to exit, do not forget to:

• Click File > Save FWP Settings to save the FrameWorks Plus

parameters, and

• Click File > Save Settings in the MicroStation command window to save

the MicroStation setup. Continue to the next activity.

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Copy Beams to Another Floor

Because the primary girders on the roof are going to be similar to those on the second floor, use the Copy Member command (in the Manipulate tool box) to quickly copy all of the girders from the second floor to the roof.

1. Using the View > Set command, set the Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0 view if it is not already set.

2. Create a selection set containing the second floor beams by using the Element Selection tool to drag a fence around all of the beams.

3. Click Copy Member .

4. Click OK on the alert box when it displays. 5. Type 1 for the Number of Copies.

6. Specify the copy origin by identifying a reference point on the second floor grid. (Hint: Snap to the left end of grid line 1 because you will need to identify a corresponding point on the roof.)

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Building Basics 7. Snap to the location on the roof grid that corresponds to the origin point identified

on the second floor grid (the left end of grid line 1).

8. In a 3D view, verify the correct position of the dynamic display, and press the data button to copy the beams.

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Change the Beams Section Size

You may not want the same size beams for the roof as you used for the second floor. To change the section size for the roof beams, we will use the Modify Section command.

1. Click Tools > Modify to activate the Modify Member toolbox. 2. Click Modify Section.

3. Click Cancel on the alert box because the members in the selection set are the beams on the second floor.

4. Type a new section size (for example, W18X40) in the Start Section box. You can review the section library to see what is available. Click the Select button to display the Select Section dialog box. Type W18* to list all available W18s. Select the section you want from the list, and then click Select to tell FrameWorks Plus to select that section.

5. Use the Element Selection tool to drag a fence around all the roof beams. 6. Click Modify Section again, and then click OK when the beams on the

roof highlight and the alert box displays.

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Place Columns on the Second Floor

You could copy the ground floor columns to the second floor the same way that you did the beams. However, you will probably want the second column in the vertical stack to be a different size and/or length than the first. Instead of copying the columns and then modifying them, placing new columns is just as easy.

You need the Member Attributes dialog box again, so reactivate it (from the Settings menu).

1. Click Place Column.

2. Change the Top elevation to 30.0 and the Bottom elevation to 18.0.

3. In the Member Attributes dialog box, type W14X43 for the Start Section. 4. Place a regular block fence around the entire second floor grid. 5. Click Place Column again, and then click OK on the alert box.

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7. Using Delete Member delete the second floor column at grid intersection A-2 (the only second floor column without a first floor column supporting it). We do not need this column.

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Place Horizontal Braces

Now that all the main support columns and girders for this simple two-story building are in place, the next step is to create intermediate framing members on the roof. In this model, we are going to place framing members in the three right-most bays. The bay on the left end of the building (between grid lines A and B) will not have framing members.

Before we begin, you will need:

• The Place Member tool box

• The Member Orientation dialog box

• You need to zoom in on the lower bays of the Framing Plan @ TOS

30-0 view.

1. Click Place Horizontal Brace to define the properties for the framing members.

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3. You can place horizontal braces individually, but because you need to frame the entire bay, placing more than one at a time is faster. Click Place Framing

Members. This command places equally spaced framing members between

girders or supports.

4. Type 2 the Number of Members field to place two framing members between the primary girders.

5. Select the first support beam for the framing members (the beam along grid line B between grids 1 and 2).

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Select Support Girder 2.

6. Select the other support beam for the framing members (the beam along grid line C between grids 1 and 2).

The framing members are displayed using temporary graphics. This allows you to modify either the number of members or any of the active placement parameters. 7. Select and clear the Reflect parameter on the Member Orientation dialog box.

Notice how FrameWorks Plus changes the placement orientation of the tentative bracing.

8. Click Accept (on the Place Framing Members dialog) to permanently place the braces in the model once you have the members oriented correctly.

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Building Basics 9. Now place framing braces in the two bays to the right on the lower half of the

roof in view Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0.

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Use the Selection Filter

You could complete the upper half of the floor by repeating the command three more times. However, there is an easier and faster way, especially since you are creating a symmetrical model. You can select everything on the floor to be copied and filter the unwanted elements. When you have very large models, this is an extremely fast and efficient way to place many identical members. This also makes it possible to manipulate and modify specific sets of members that match defined filter criteria. 1. Click Element Selection, and drag a fence around the entire roof grid.

You are going to filter everything but the horizontal braces you just placed in the bottom half of the plan view.

2. Click Settings > Select Filter > Settings to display the Selection Filter dialog box. Using this dialog box, you can filter members by type, name, section size, class, or named groups.

3. Click Filter On to turn on the selection filter.

4. Turn on the Type filter criterion by clicking On in the type area.

5. Make sure the Comparator is set to = and select Horizontal Brace from the option list.

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Building Basics Horizontal Brace, thus filtering out everything but the horizontal braces.

Conversely, you could instead specify Member Type != Horizontal Brace (!= means not equal) to filter out all horizontal braces.

6. Click OK on the Selection Filter dialog box. 7. Click Copy Member.

Only the horizontal braces highlight, indicating that all other members have been removed from the selection set by the selection filter.

8. Click OK on the alert box to confirm that you want to copy the 6 members. FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Enter Point for Copy Origin.

9. Snap to the left end of grid line 2 and accept.

FrameWorks Plus prompts you to Enter Point for Copy Destination. 10. Snap to the left end of grid line 3 and accept.

FrameWorks Plus copies the horizontal braces to the upper half of the framing plan.

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Place Horizontal Chevron Braces

In this activity you will place horizontal chevron braces in the Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0 view. We need to use a different size section for these horizontal braces, so the first step is to change the member settings.

1. Click View > Set, and set the Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0 view. Note

• If the view description is missing in the view title bar, click Fit or

Refresh to display the view description. 2. Click Settings > Defaults > Linear > H-Braces. 3. Set CP to 8.

4. Set Rotation to 0. 5. Set OV to Z-axis.

6. Select the Start Section box, and then type L3X3X3/8. 7. Click OK.

8. Click Utilities > Keyin on the MicroStation menu. 9. In the MicroStation key-in field, type ky=4

This key-in sets MicroStation snap settings so you can snap to the mid-point of members.

10. Click Place Horizontal Brace. 11. Type -0.25 for the Delta TOS.

12. Snapping to the center of the beams, place 8 horizontal chevron braces as shown below in the Framing Plan @ TOS 15-0 view.

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Place Vertical Braces

Now that the horizontal braces have been placed, we can move on to placing the vertical braces in the model. You should be getting pretty good at placing members by now, so the instructions in this activity will not be as detailed.

1. Click View > Set, and set the South Elevation, North Elevation, and West Elevation views if they are not already active.

2. Click Place Vertical Brace.

3. Place vertical braces in the South Elevation, North Elevation, and West Elevation views as shown below.

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Modify Additional Attributes

In this activity, we are going to edit the design status attribute of members in the North Elevation view to existing. You will use this attribute in a later activity to locate and then add members to a named group.

1. Click View > Set and set the North Elevation view if it is not already active. 2. Click Settings > Select Filter > Settings.

3. Set the Type filter to be != to Vertical Brace. 4. Click OK.

5. Drag a selection set around all the members in the North Elevation view. 6. Click Tools > Modify > Modify Additional Attributes.

7. Click OK on the alert box to modify the 18 members. (All the beams and columns but not the vertical braces.)

8. Select the Design Status check box. (Only the attributes that are selected are modified.)

9. Select Existing from the design status list. 10. Click OK.

11. Clear the selection filter settings. Continue to the next activity.

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Create Named Groups

FrameWorks Plus provides a feature called Named Groups that allows you to group members based on logical associations. Named groups are tracked on a project basis instead of a model basis allowing you to assign members in different models to the same named group. Then when you attach models to one another, you can manipulate the named grouped members across the project as one group for reporting and so forth. You can define up to 1,024 named groups in a project.

In this activity we will be creating a named group called Existing Building. In the next activity we will assign the beams and columns in the North Elevation view to the named group and change the display symbology.

1. Click Tools > Modify to activate the Modify tool box. 2. Click Named Groups.

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Add Members to a Named Group

Now that the Named Group is created, we can assign the beams and columns in the North Elevation view to that Named Group. Instead of individually selecting the beams and columns however, we are going to use the Locate Element By Attributes command to find all the members with a design status of existing.

1. Click Utilities > Locate Element > By Attributes.

2. In the Attribute Options area, select the More check box. 3. Click the More button that appears.

4. Select the Design Status checkbox to indicate that you want to search based on design status.

5. Select Existing from the design status list.

6. Click OK on the Locate By Additional Attributes dialog box.

7. Click OK on the Locate Element dialog box to locate the members with a design status of existing.

8. In the Results Behavior area, select Add to Named Group. 9. Click the Select button that appears.

10. Select Existing Building from the list of named groups. 11. Click Apply on the Named Groups dialog box.

12. Click OK to process the 18 members.

13. Click OK to apply the controlling named group. 14. Click Close on the Named Groups dialog box. 15. Click Cancel on the Locate Element dialog box.

16. Optional: Click Named Groups , select the Existing Building named group, and then click Show All to verify that all the beam and columns in the North Elevation view are in the named group.

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Define Named Group Symbology

With members assigned to the Named Group called Existing Building, we can now manipulate those members as a group using the Selection Filter (Settings > Select Filter > Settings). You can also change member symbology based on the Named Group to which they belong. In this activity, we will be changing the symbology of the Existing Building Named Group in the 3D Dimetric view.

1. Click View > Set and set the 3D Dimetric view if it is not already active. 2. Click View > Named Groups > Create.

The Named Group Symbology dialog box displays and FrameWorks Plus prompts you to select a view.

3. Place a data point in the 3D Dimetric view.

FrameWorks Plus displays all Named Groups that have a member assigned to them in the view and prompts you to select a Named Group.

4. Select Existing Building from the list.

5. Select the Apply to all option in the Linear Members grouping. This action defines that you want all the members in the Named Group to have the same symbology. If this option is off, you can define different symbology for the different member types.

6. Click All.

7. Select the Surface representation. 8. Change the Color to 2.

9. Click OK on the View Symbology dialog box.

10. Click OK on the Named Group Symbology dialog box.

FrameWorks Plus changes the Surface symbology for all the beams and columns in the Existing Building Named Group to green.

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Arcs and Tapered Members

Arcs and Tapered Members

In this section you will be raising the roof by placing arc-shaped members. You will also be placing some tapered members (a tapered member has two different section sizes at either end of the member). When you are finished with this section, you will know how to:

• Place arc members • Create tapered members • Create a User Section Library • Open a User Section Library • Create a User Section • Review section properties • Join two members

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Change Default Settings

Before we start placing arc members, we need to make some changes to the default settings for vertical braces and beams. You could use the Member Attributes and Member Orientation dialog boxes to make changes at placement, but because you are placing several members, it is easier to change the default settings one time. 1. Click Settings > Defaults > Linear > V-Braces.

2. Change CP (cardinal point) to 10. 3. Change Rotation to 90.

4. Change the OV (orientation vector) to X-axis. 5. Type 2L2X2.5X1/4 for the Start Section. 6. Change the Class to

9.

7. Click Apply.

8. Click Type > Beams at the top of the dialog box.

9. Type WT8X22.5 for the Start Section box.

10. Change the Class to 9.

11. Click Apply. 12. Click Type >

H-Braces at the top of the dialog box. 13. Change the CP

(cardinal point) to 3.

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Place Arc Members

In this activity we will be placing arc members to create a rounded roof. FrameWorks Plus arc members are created from existing generic MicroStation arcs (you need to place MicroStation arcs and then convert them to FrameWorks Plus members). You will be placing a vertical brace first, and then placing the actual arc member.

Note

• You will be working in the Elevation @ Grid B view throughout this

activity.

1. On the MicroStation menu, click Utilities > Key-in. 2. Click Tools > Placement > Linear.

FrameWorks Plus prompts for the first end point of the vertical brace.

4. Click at grid intersection TOS 30' and grid line 2 (the top of the center second floor column).

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6. Click the MicroStation Place Arc command. 7. Change the Place Arc Method to Edge.

8. Snap to and accept the top of the top column on grid line 1 (top right corner) for the first arc end point.

9. Snap to and accept the top of the vertical brace that you just placed for the point on the arc radius.

10. Snap to and accept the top of the top column on grid line 3 (top left corner) for the second arc end point.

11. Click the FrameWorks Plus Place Arc command. 12. Change Arc Type to Beam.

13. Select the Delete Graphics option. This will delete the generic MicroStation arc element after creating the FrameWorks Plus arc member.

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Arcs and Tapered Members 14. Select the MicroStation arc.

16. Place two more vertical braces from the top of the center column to the quarter-points along the arc member. Make sure you snap to the arc member and verify that you get the correct quarter-points.

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Copy Arc Members

With one arc-shaped truss placed, we need to copy it along the top of the building. Because you placed the truss's arc and vertical brace members with a class of 9, we can use that class setting to filter out the rest of the building and just copy the truss. As an alternative, you could have created a name group for the truss and filtered out the rest of the building using the named group.

1. Set the 3D Dimetric and Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0 views. 2. Click Settings > Select Filter > Settings.

3. Select the Filter On option. 4. Clear the Type option.

5. Select the Class option, and then set the Comparator equal to 9. 6. Click OK.

7. Click Element Selection.

8. Drag a selection fence around the entire model in the 3D Dimetric view. 9. Click Copy Member.

10. Click OK on the Alert box to copy the 4 members of the arc truss. 11. Type 2 for the Number of Copies.

12. In the Framing Plan @ TOS 30-0 view, snap to and accept grid line B. 13. Snap to and accept grid line C.

14. Type 1 for the Number of Copies. 15. Snap to and accept grid line B again. 16. Snap to and accept grid line E. Continue to the

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Place Bracing between the Trusses

With the arc trusses in place, we need to add some bracing between the trusses. To do that we will use the Place Framing Members command.

1. Set the 3D Dimetric view if it is not active. 2. Zoom in on the left two arc trusses.

3. Click Place Horizontal Brace. 4. Set Delta TOS to 0:0:0.

5. Click Place Framing Members. 6. Type 3 for the number of members. 7. Select the arc on the left truss. 8. Select the arc on the right truss.

9. Click Accept to place the framing members.

10. Now place horizontal braces between the rest of the trusses. When you are finished, your roof should look like the following:

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Create User Sections

Now that we have finished the roof, we are ready to move on to placing a few tapered members. However, before we can do that, we need to create a user section that we are going to be using.

User sections are saved to a User Section Library. You can create sections using any of the standard steel or concrete shapes. You can also create arbitrary sections (where you define the section shape) and save them to the User Section Library. To keep things simple for this activity, we will just create a User Section Library and one custom I-section.

1. Click File > FrameWorks Plus Manager.

The FrameWorks Manager dialog box opens. The active directory is the project's \mod directory. User Section Libraries are saved in the project's \esl directory. So, you will need to move up to your project's esl directory before you can create the library.

Note

• The File > FrameWorks Manager command is not available if you

run FrameWorks Plus from PDS. However, you can still activate FrameWorks Manager from the Start menu.

2. Double-click myproject in the Directories list to move up one directory. 3. Click Utilities > Create > Section Table.

4. Type mytable for the Section Table Name. 5. Make sure Units is set to Inches.

Click OK.

6. Click Cancel to exit FrameWorks Manager.

7. Click File > Section Library. 8. Click Attach.

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Arcs and Tapered Members 15. Type 18 for the Depth.

16. Type 8.02 for the Flange Width. 17. Type 0.62 for the Flange Thickness. 18. Type 0.35 for the Web Thickness. 19. Click Create.

20. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.

21. Now that FrameWorks Plus has created your section, let's look at the section properties. Click Utilities > Sections > Review. 22. Set Library to User.

23. Select I section.

24. Select MYI from the list area; then click Properties.

FrameWorks Plus displays the properties for myI.

25. Click Cancel.

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Create Arbitrary Section

In addition to standard section shapes, you can also create arbitrary section shapes. Be sure to read about the Create User Section command in the FrameWorks Plus

Reference Guide for important information regarding arbitrary sections. We will make our arbitrary section using three standard section shapes that are placed with the Steel Detailing commands. Arbitrary sections shapes are saved in a MicroStation cell library.

1. Click File > Change Cell File.

2. Select the ist.cel file in the project's \esl folder. 3. Click OK.

4. Click File > Save FWP Settings so the cell file will be attached automatically the next time you open the model.

5. Click Utilities > Sections > Detailing. 6. Click Place Cross Section .

7. Type W14X26 for the section and 8 for the cardinal point. 8. Place the cross section in a plan view.

9. Zoom in on the cross section for a better view. 10. Type C10X20 for the section.

11. Select 8 for the cardinal point and 270 for the rotation. 12. Place the channel on top of the I-section.

You may need to use the MicroStation Move command and the Midpoint snap lock to align them precisely.

13. Type L5X3X1/4 for the section.

14. Select 3 for the cardinal point, 0 for the rotation, and select the reflect option.