Creating Members Between Members

You can create a member between an existing pair of members.

Before you begin:
  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Update Standard Section Library to update the profile library.
  2. From the Structure section of the action bar, click Structure Section Manager to create a standard or custom profile. See Creating Structure Sections, Creating Custom Sections.
  3. Open a physical product containing at least two members.
  1. From the Structure section of the action bar, click Between Members .
    • The Between Members dialog box appears.
    • A flag component containing shortcut menus for all the dialog box options appears in the work area.

      Click and drag to reposition the toolbar.

  2. In the dialog box, click Member Pair, and from the work area, select two members to create a new member between them.
  3. Select Chain Selection to create members in series.
  4. From the Start condition list, select one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    Distance from member Specifies the locations of the new member on the first and second members. Click to reverse the direction of the new member on the existing members. From the work area, you can adjust the length of the new member.
    Intersecting plane Creates a new member between two existing members at an intersection of a plane or face.
  5. Under Location, from the list, select an option to align a new member at a pierce point of existing members.
  6. Under Profile, from the Profile Source list, select one of the following.
    • Standards: Uses a Standard section profile for creating members.
    • Custom: Uses a Custom profile for creating members.
      Note: You can create a custom profile using the Structure Section Manager feature. See Creating Custom Sections.
  7. From the Standard list, select a standard.

    The Standard list displays the standard sections that are imported from the standard section library.

    OptionDescription
    DSC Derived from CISC standards
    DSE Derived from European standards
    DSA Derived from AISC standards
  8. From the Type list, select a profile shape to apply to the member.
  9. Click to refresh the existing standard and custom profile sections in the library.
  10. From the Size list, select a size for the profile shape.

    Alternatively, type in the size field and select the required size.

  11. Under Orientation, specify a rotation Angle for the selected profile.
  12. Optional: From the Pierce Point list, select a position for a member relative to its reference.

    The list displays all the default and custom pierce point options. You can define custom pierce points for standard and custom profiles. See Creating Structure Sections and Creating Custom Sections.

  13. Optional: Move the Display pierce points slider to enable the preview of pierce points in the work area.

    Alternatively, in the work area, from the shortcut toolbar, click Display pierce points .

  14. In the dialog box, click Advanced and do the following:

    1. Specify the start and end offset values for members.

      Alternatively, from the work area, adjust the offset values.

      To specify the offset values for a specific member, from the dialog box, select a member and edit the properties.

    2. Click to reverse the direction of the offsets.
    3. From the Pierce Point list, select a position for a member relative to its reference.

      Alternatively, use the shortcut toolbar in the work area to specify the Pierce Point .

  15. Optional: Click Create as a new structure system to add a member to the new structure system and specify the name for the new structure system.

    This option is available after you create the first member.

  16. Click .

 

See Also
Start a Sketch
Editing Members
Updating Standard Sections Library
Creating Custom Sections
Using Selection Helper to Create Members
Creating Path Segment Members
Creating Point-Based Members
Creating Reference Plane Members
Creating Members at the Intersection of Faces and Planes