To Restore a Body Modifier to a Mass Element

Use this procedure to remove a body modifier from a structural member and add it to the drawing as a mass element. Restoring a body modifier to a mass element enables you to modify the shape as a mass element and then add it to the structural member again as a body modifier. You can also restore the body modifier to a mass element while leaving the body modifier still applied to the structural member. This is useful if you want to create other structural members with the same shape.

If the object used to create the body modifier was a conventional mass element, it is restored to that mass element. For example, a cylinder mass element is restored as a cylinder mass element. However, if the body modifier was created from another object, such as a slab, or was edited using Boolean operations or face editing commands, the body modifier is restored as a Free Form mass element.

1. Select the structural member you want to change.
2. Click Structural Member tabModify panelBody Modifiers drop-downRestore.
3. Note: This procedure restores all body modifiers attached to a structural member.
   Create mass elements from the body modifiers:

   If you want to …	Then …
   create mass elements from the body modifiers while keeping the body modifiers attached to the structural member	press Enter.
   remove all body modifiers from the structural member, and create mass elements from their shapes	enter y (Yes), and press Enter.