c-section using cad tools and saving as 3d moulding polyline...how do we make it

[dshall]

You could also draw a framing member and change to a C CHANNEL or an I BEAM etc

[adamjedgar]

gee,

i really was having a moment, i never thought of simply using a framing member and changing it to c section!!!

allen thanks for the tip on enterring my shape into the libary. i have a question though, i tried that and was able to add it to the library but it was not accessable from the library as a molding. what am i doing wrong?

[adamjedgar]

You could also draw a framing member and change to a C CHANNEL or an I BEAM etc

scott,
how do we edit the material thickness of these converted framing members? the i beam for example seems way to thin!

[dshall]

scott,
how do we edit the material thickness of these converted framing members? the i beam for example seems way to thin!

I do not know, I am assuming we can't. It appears that the cross sectional area is 1/4" ( or 0.635 cm or 6.35mm). Because of this I never use a steel I beam with thicker flanges and webs, thus I have used some very very deep I beams, just another limitation we need to deal with.

[adamjedgar]

ok.

another question,
i have kind of gone a little farther with your idea of using framing members...i got a brainwave of sorts and decided to try to change the general framing tools dbx>wall tab-defaults for walls to c section.....er....what the ****....well i thought i would be able to at least.

since i cant seem to find an option to set the wall stud members as c section (you can for just about everything else in the same dbx but not walls for some reason), does this mean i have to individually select every single wall framing member in the framing 3d camera view and change it to c section?

[dshall]

Adam, you are going to stop throwing these softball questions at me, I am beginning to lose respect, give me something harder.

Answer: Use the steel wall types (should be there already.)

[adamjedgar]

well there you go,
cept in my program its not there! i dont have steel c section wall studs for some reason. id better go to the library and see whats up i think.

[dshall]

well there you go,
cept in my program its not there! i dont have steel c section wall studs for some reason. id better go to the library and see whats up i think.

Maybe it came out in X3, I just don't know. I think I will do a video on this, particullarly if anybody wants a curved steel framed wall...... must delete top & bottom plates and use molding pline for top & bottom plates.