Availability of Commands

For the creation of a general cross section geometry, the following elements or commands are available:

Command	Solid Cross Section	Thin-walled Cross Section
Boundary	X
Opening	X
Assign Edge Properties	X
Shear Cut	X
Add Vertex	X
Remove Vertex	X
Thin-walled Cross Section Element		X
Thin-walled Shear Connection		X
Geometry Point	X	X
Stress Point	X	X
Single Reinforcement	X	X
Line Reinforcement	X	X
Circular Reinforcement	X	X
Non-effective Parts	X	X
Rolled Steel Shapes	X	X

Note

Solid elements (boundaries, openings) cannot be used together with thin-walled elements.

After the cross section geometry and design-relevant information have been defined, the corner and boundary points of the objects can be parameterised. As reference points, all stress points, geometry points, polygonal points or circle centres are possible.

For existing cross sections some additional commands are available in the context menu in the sidebar:

Explode

This command explodes a standard cross section, which can not be edited graphically, into a solid or thin-walled cross section. After the explode command, the cross section can be opened with the Cross Section Editor and modified there. Exploded cross sections are assigned to the general running mode.

Type of standard cross section	Editable after explosion	Limitations
Rectangle Beam	X
Rectangle Column	X
T-Beam	X
Plate	X
Wall	X
Circle / Annular section
Cable
Steel Profile (solid)	X	Tube profiles: boundary and opening are not editable in the Cross Section Editor
Steel Profile (thin-walled)	X

Clone

Copies the marked cross section to a new cross section number.

Delete

Deletes the marked cross section. The deletion has also effects to the database, the Undo function is not available here.

Import

Imports one or more cross section from another database.

Delete All Interpolated Cross Sections

Deletes all cross section which are marked in the system tree as interpolated. The deletion has also effects to the database, the Undo function is not available here.