Steel W Beam Library Object

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3 weeks ago
I'm trying to use the Library Packs (LIBPACK) instead of what I think now could be considered the "legacy" Library (LCF). In the old LCF, there used to be objects for various steel shapes, such as a W Beam, that could be custom sized by simply entering the desired height and width, or by picking from a lengthy dropdown list of common American sizes (W8x28, W10x12, W44x335, etc.). This was very valuable to us and helped us build very descriptive models, quickly.
I cannot find these library objects (more specifically the W Beam) in the new LIBPACKS. What I can find, under section 1. BASIC LIBRARY/1.4 Building Structures/Steel Structures/Steel Beams BS is a Universal Beam. And this appears to be what I'm looking for, BUT the units are all metric, as far as I can tell. And the predefined sizes dropdown is much much shorter. If I choose the custom defined option, the properties window opens, but with metric units for Moment, Modulus, etc.
The other common steel shapes also appear to function this way.
I am an Architect and by no means a structural engineer, but these objects were a great time saver for us when we had a house with one or a few steel beams, columns or posts. And it made the model discussion with our structural engineering consultants much more efficient and effective.
Am I missing something? Or has the W Beam object and it's siblings I'm looking for been disappeared?
Thanks for any help,
Joel
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Have you seen this post?
https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Who-ate-the-Archicad-Model-Library/m-p/640794
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Have you seen this post?
https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Libraries-objects/Who-ate-the-Archicad-Model-Library/m-p/640794
Barry.
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Thanks Barry, I think I've found something we can use from that post. Turns out Graphisoft hid a database of custom beam profiles based on the W Beam object I was looking for.
Time will tell if it works just like the old object, but this is worth exploring.
Thanks again for your help,
Joel