To Create a Single-Component Structural Member

Use this procedure to create a tapered column, a single-component structural member that starts with one shape and ends with another.

Creating a tapered column

1. Create two structural member styles in the Structural Member Catalog that contain the start and end shapes to taper over the length (height) of the column.
2. Create a Tapered Column tool.
3. Create a column with the tapered column style.
4. Specify design rules in the tapered column style to add the start and end shapes in the styles that you created in step 1 to the tapered column.