Beam Material

Enables you to change the material of the beam.

You assign materials to your frames when you insert them using Frame Generator tools. You select the material in the Material drop-down menu. This material is used for frame analysis simulations.

When you enter the Frame Analysis environment, the information about beam materials is read automatically. If there is a material that is inadequately defined for simulation purposes, the simulation cannot run. An error message is displayed in the Status folder in the browser. Change the material to run the simulation.

Access:

Ribbon: Frame Analysis tab

Beams panel

Material

Beams

Display a list of beams used in simulation.

You can select more beams at one time to change their material.

Customize

Select to change the material of selected beam.

You can change only the material, not the material properties such as Density or Poisson’s ratio.

Material

Displays name and material properties of the selected beam.

When you change to a different material and one of its properties is insufficient, the property is displayed in red. The OK and Apply buttons are disabled. Select different material, or clear the Customize box to return to the default material.

Beam Material

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