2006-08-0311:17 PM - last edited on 2023-05-2305:14 PM by Rubia Torres
2006-08-0311:17 PM
Can anyone tell me a significant advantage of using the new steel shape Profiles over the steel shape Library Objects? It seems odd to have to create a redundant library of parts (Profiles) for use with the Beam and Column Tools.
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There is none. More than anything, there is also no way to organize/sort the profiles into any kind of group or subset, so you would have dozens of profiles to sift through any time you used them.
I would stick with the Library Object, which is already there and works quite well.
The profiled beams have the advantage of being freeform and cleaning up to each other, columns, and walls. I agree with Tom and Dwight that for predefined structural steel (W sections etc) the library parts are better.