Review the steel fabrication shape instance properties and modify the coating of the element.
To change instance properties, select the element and change its properties on the Properties palette.
The steel fabrication shape introduces some extra instance properties to structural beams, columns and braces, under Structural:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Structural | |
| Coating | Specifies the material coating of the steel beam, column or brace from a list of common steel coatings. |
| Paint Area | The sum of the areas of all the faces and edges of the beam, column or bracing. This is a read-only value. |
| Cut Length | Specifies the length of the fabrication beam. This is a read-only value. |
| Weight | Specifies the weight of the beam, column or bracing. It does not take into consideration the cuts made by holes or bolts, but considers the cuts made with steel modifiers. This is a read-only value. |
| Exact Weight | Specifies the weight of the beam, column or bracing. It takes into consideration all the cuts, made with holes and with steel modifiers. This is a read-only value. |