Advance beam processing allows you to create almost any beam contour processing. A beam can also be processed by another element (e.g. another beam).
The beam processings are located on the Beam features tool palette:
Rule based beam processing
Some of the beam processing are based on rules (e.g. Cope parametric - rule, Cut at object). This means that when modifying a beam (e.g. a section) the processing is also modified.
Connection object
As for joints, processings based on rules are controlled with a connection object, through which feature properties can be changed.
The connection objects are represented in the model as gray objects (boxes).
Connection objects (boxes) are displayed by selecting one of the processing objects created by the joint and using the Display tool on the J oint Utilities panel of the Extended Modeling tab or by right clicking on the processing object and selecting Joint Properties from the menu.
The "feature" representation style is required to display the connection object (box).
