When you sketch an opening for a structural beam, brace, or structural column using the
rectangle option, you can specify a radius, which allows you to sketch rectangles with fillets.
This helps to avoid sharp corners on the opening that can concentrate stresses.
Beam opening with radius
For more information, see
Sketching
on page 251.
4
Click Finish Sketch.
Finished sketch
Beams
Beams are structural elements used for load bearing applications. Elements of each beam are defined through
the type properties of the specific beam family. In addition, various instance properties can be modified to
define the functionality of the beam.
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