To Change the Shape in the Style of a Structural Member

Use this procedure to change the shape that is extruded along the axis of a structural member created from a single shape. You can create a new shape for the structural member by creating a custom shape, or by creating a new style from the Structural Member Catalog that contains a shape.

1. Create a structural member with a single shape.
2. Create a new shape for the structural member:

   If you want to create…	Then…
   a custom shape for the member	create a custom shape.
   a shape from the Structural Member Catalog	create a structural member style in the Structural Member Catalog that contains the shape.

3. Select the structural member.
4. Click Structural Member tabGeneral panelEdit Style drop-downEdit Style.
5. Click the Design Rules tab.
6. In the Name list under Start Shape, select the shape that you created in step 2.

   If you created a custom shape in step 2, the name of the shape displays in the Name list. If you created a style from the Structural Member Catalog, the shape displays in the Name list with the name of the shape that you selected in the catalog to create the style, not with the style name that you created.

7. Click OK.