PDMS DESIGN TRAINING GUIDE

• BEAM AND COLUMNS MODELLING PROCEDURE – PART 2

(Using Snap Method)
Structural Hierarchy creating procedure
From the Menu Bar select
Design > Structures > Beams & Column

If the colour already grey, it means

Beams & Columns already selected
Placing Linear members (Step-1)
1. From the Menu Bar select
Design > Structures > Beams & Column
2. Select Framework or
Sub-framework in Design
Explorer
3. Go to
Create > Sections > Straight
Placing Linear members (Step-2)

Add photo
1. Select an End of existing Member

2. Select an End of another existing Member

Placing Linear members (Step-5)
1. From the Menu Bar select
Modify > Section > Specification

Add photo

2. Select member 3. Member will

properties. appear with profile
3. Change the Justification and
Member line For Beam as TOS,
Channel profile LTOC Angle Profile
TOAX, Column NA and click Apply
 2. From the Menu bar select
Creating copy of member Create > Copy > Offset
A dialog box will appear

1. Select member in
Design Explorer

3. Click on
Offset > From Element to Element
Then select Start or End of any two element from screen one
by one. It will reflect the distance between to in X, Y, Z
automatically.
Add Number of Copies and Apply
Modify Member start/end position

1. Select member 3. Select Start/End from drop

down menu

4. Select end of existing member

where current member
Start/End need to move. And
2. From the Menu Bar select
click Apply.
Position > Explicitly
Move Member command

1. Select member

3. Click on the start or end of

existing member to give a
destination point.
2. From the Menu Bar select
Position > Relatively