Beam Dialog: Display Type Tab

On this tab of the beam properties dialog box, you can select the beam representation type in the model.



An Advance beam can be displayed in five representation styles:

Display type Beam Description
Standard Section edges and insertion axes of the beam.
Features Section edges and processing objects.
Exact Section edges and gauge lines, crosses on end points of the insertion axis and four reference points in the start and end plane.
Symbol Insertion axis and a small part of the beam in the center.
Exact with edge features Section edges and edge processing objects.

In each representation type, the beam has different grip points:

Display type Beam Description
Standard End point insertion axis, reference point in beam center.
Features Grip points to change the processing.
Exact Reference and corner points of the beam.
Symbol See standard representation type.