Cope the start, end, top, or bottom of a steel beam, brace, or column to accommodate connections and the geometry necessary for steel fabrication elements. 
 To create a skewed cope
 
   
  -  Click Steel tab  Modifiers panel Modifiers panel   (Cope Skewed). (Cope Skewed).
-  Click on either end of the structural element. 
		
 
		Note: The cut is created on the nearest edge and side, top or bottom, of the selected structural element and you can not change its position after you create it.
		 
-  Select the skewed cope to access its properties in the Properties palette. 
	 
 Skewed copes are only visible when the Detail Level of the view is set to Fine.