How to change Steel beam standard sizes

[Anonymous]

In the 'Dimensions' settings of a steel beam such as 'Joists Beam 17' there is a scroll down menu labeled as 'Size (BS Standard)'.

I would like to change these standard sizes to suit New Zealand standard beam sizes. Is this possible?

Thanks
Sam

[David Maudlin]

Sam:

Taking a quick look at the library part, in the Parameters Script there is a command (open("text", "Joists(13).txt", "separator='\t', mode=ro, Library")) to the text file "Joists(13).txt" where these values are stored. So it should be possible to edit this file to change the values. This will take some knowledge of GDL and how the Open command works (pages 259-260 of the GDL Reference Guide).

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David