To Create Shapes for the Rigid Frame

Use this procedure to create two styles that contain the two shapes that transform over the path of the rigid frame.

  1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStructural Member Catalog.
  2. Expand Imperial in the tree view in the left pane of the Structural Member Catalog.
  3. Expand Steel, AISC, and then I-Shaped.
  4. Select Wn, Wide-Flange Shapes.
  5. Right-click W8X31 in the lower right pane of the Structural Member Catalog, and click Generate Member Style.
  6. Enter W8X31, and click OK.
  7. Select W1n, Wide-Flange Shapes in the tree view in the left pane.
  8. Right-click W14X43 in the lower right pane of the Structural Member Catalog, and click Generate Member Style.
  9. Enter W14X43 and click OK.
  10. Click to close the Structural Member Catalog.