To Create a Multi-Component Structural Member

Use this procedure to create a steel column encased in concrete, a multi-component structural member with a single segment. The steel column shape is one component of the member, the concrete column shape another.

Creating a composite steel and concrete column

1. Create two structural member styles: one that contains the shape for the concrete column and one that contains the shape for the steel column.
2. Create a Composite Column tool.
3. Create a column with the composite column style.
4. Specify design rules in the composite column style to add the concrete and steel shapes to the column.