topic Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis in Modeling

Steel beam. Reference Axis

GOBA — Fri, 26 May 2023 10:25:38 GMT

I would like to be able to modify Reference Axis in steel beams, as it is possible with concrete beams:

Why is it not possible? I can’t understand

Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis

runxel — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 11:27:00 GMT

Because this beam has a Complex Profile assigned.
You have to go to the CP Manager and change your profile there.

Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis

GOBA — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 14:41:54 GMT

Thank you very much, @runxel.

Maybe I’m not understanding the procedure, because I think this is not practical at all.

Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis

runxel — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 15:23:16 GMT

You're welcome.

I can understand that this seems more like an unpractical solution.
I think I already made a wish somewhere, but maybe not as a new thread. You can always make a new wish on the wishlist!
Some kind of "override" where the origin point of the CP is discarded and instead a bounding box of all geometry is taken into account (where you can select the axis on the the bounding box) would be a very nice addition, because this prevents the duplication of profiles.

Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis

GOBA — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 16:49:52 GMT

Ok, thanks, but do I need to make a new wish? I mean, this post is already a wish.

Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis

Barry Kelly — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 02:09:44 GMT

GOBA wrote:
Ok, thanks, but do I need to make a new wish? I mean, this post is already a wish.

Not really.
This is just a post in the 'Working in Archicad' section.
There is a specific 'Wish' section in the forums.
You can even add a 'Poll' so other readers can vote on the importance of the wish.

As runxel mentioned, with complex profiles you set the origin in the Profile Manager, that is why it is greyed out as an option in the beam tool.
Only rectangular and circular beams can have a movable axis (they can also be segmented beams).

Barry.

Re: Steel beam. Reference Axis

GOBA — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 05:12:42 GMT

Hi Barry, and thanks.

Ok, I thought I had written in the wishlist, I was mistaken. I will make a new wish.