Loading Structural Braces

You can load structural braces in several ways:

To load brace families

1. Click Structure tabStructure panelBrace.
2. Click Modify | Place Brace tabMode panelLoad Family.
3. In the Open dialog, navigate to either the imperial or metric library, and open the Structural/Framing folder.
4. Select a brace type folder: either Steel, Light Gauge Steel, Concrete, or Wood, and click Open.
   Note: When you open a framing family, you can select multiple brace sizes. In the Specify Types dialog that displays after you click Open, press and hold the Ctrl key when selecting brace sizes. If necessary, you can filter the Catalog by clicking the arrow at the column heading.