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Specifying the Cut Plane Elevation of a Structural Member Style
Use this procedure to specify the cut plane elevation of a structural member style. The cut plane settings you specify
in the structural member style override the cut plane settings in any display configuration applied to a viewport.
NOTE If the cut plane does not intersect the structural member, all visible and hidden components display. If the cut plane
does intersect the member, only the cross section of the components of the structural member displays. These are the actual
member shapes unless you select Do True Cut.
1 Open a tool palette that has a structural member tool.
2 Right-click a structural member tool, and click Structural Member Styles.
3 Select the structural member style that you want to change.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
6 If necessary, click .
7 Click the Other tab.
8 Select Override Display Configuration Cut Plane.
9 Enter a value for Cut Plane Elevation.
10 Click OK twice.
Using Custom Blocks to Add Graphics to a Structural Member Style
You can add custom blocks to the display of a structural member as a component in a display representation. For
example, you can add stiffener plates to beams as a custom blocks or add clip angles to members as a custom blocks.
Adding striffener plates to a beam
Custom blocks can be either 2D or 3D. When you add a custom block, you can specify several rules for positioning
and scaling the new component. Each custom block also appears in the display properties component list so that you
can control its layer, color, and linetype. For more information, see “
Adding Custom Blocks as a Display Component
in a Structural Member Style ” on page 1433.
Be sure to set the properties of the objects used to create your custom blocks to ByBlock. Otherwise, you cannot control
these objects through the display properties. For more information about ByBlock, see “Control the Color and Linetype
Properties in Blocks” in AutoCAD help.
To change these display properties for all structural members of the same structural member style, see “ Specifying the
Display Properties of a Structural Member Style ” on page 1429.
Adding Custom Blocks as a Display Component in a Structural Member Style
Use this procedure to add or edit custom block components in the display representation of a structural member style.
1 Create a 2D or 3D block for the component that you want to add to the structural member.
Create the block in the same plane as the structural member that you use to represent structural member.
For more information about custom blocks, see “
Using Custom Blocks to Add Graphics to a Structural
Member Style ” on page 1433.
2 Open a tool palette that has a structural member tool.
3 Right-click a structural member tool, and click Structural Member Styles.
4 Select the structural member style that you want to change.
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