Use this option to select sections that will be applied during verification and design of steel and aluminum elements. Access the option by clicking the Sections button in the Definitions dialog (the Groups tab for steel/aluminum sections).
At the top of the dialog there are icons for filtering the following section families:
- All
- I-sections
- C-shapes
- Angles
- Tubes
- Compound sections
- Other section families.
The central part of the dialog contains the following fields:
- Databases - displays all member section folders available in the program; after selecting a database, families and member sections are entered into the Section families and Sections fields
- Section families - displays all available section families from a selected member section folder; after selecting a family, member sections are entered into the Sections field
- Sections - displays all available sections from a selected folder and a selected family
- Databases - displays all member sections selected; these sections will be taken into account during verification / design of (steel / aluminum) structure elements.
At the bottom of the dialog there are the following buttons:
- Delete all - clicking this button deletes all member sections from the Selected sections field
- Delete selection - clicking this button deletes selected member sections from the Selected sections field.