Cope Steel Framing Elements for Steel Fabrication

Create a parametric cope on intersecting structural beams with a related connection between the beams.

To create a parametric cope

  1. Click Steel tab Parametric Cuts panel (Cope).
  2. Select the intersecting elements to cope.
  3. Press <Enter>.
    The cope is created and the sub-connection between the framing elements displays as a dashed-lined box.

    You can click on the diamond symbol under the numbered label to change the element cut by the cope tool.

  4. Select the sub-connection box to access its properties in the Properties palette.

Steel fabrication cope cuts are only visible when the Detail Level of the view is set to Fine.