Joist Properties User

Access the Joist Properties User form as follows:

1. Click the Components > Type > Frame Properties > New command to display the Add Frame Section Property form. (Click here for a list of alternative methods for displaying the Add Frame Section Property form.)

   • Alternative 1: Click the Home > Bridge Wizard command; highlight Step 3.2 Frame Sections; click the Define/Show Frame Sections button to display the Frame Properties form.

   • Alternative 2: Click the Components > Type > Frame Properties > Expand arrow command to display the Frame Properties form.

   • Alternative 3:  Select a frame object and click the Advanced > Assign > Frames > Frame Sections command, to access the Frame Properties form.

   • Then do one of the following:

   • 1. • • Click the Import New Property button to access the Import Frame Section Property form or the Add New Property button to display the Add Frame Section Property form.

          • Highlight the name of a previously defined angle section in the Properties area/Find this Section list on the left side of the  Frame Properties form and click the Modify/Show button to display the Add Frame Section Property form.

   If the Import New Property button is used and a database containing the selected section type has already been accessed, a form listing the sections of that type in that database will appear; choose the sections to be imported from the list by highlighting them. Note that clicking the + (plus) symbol preceding the Materials drop-down list will access the Define Materials form, which can be used to add or modify the material definition associated with the selected section type.
   
   If sections of the specified type are not included in the database, a form to select another database to be imported will appear; choose a database from the list. If the selected type of section is not included in that database, an error message will display. To switch to another database, see the Note below.

   Note:  When the Import New Property button is used, the {Type} Section form will include an Open File button; click that button to access a form listing the various section database files available. After choosing a database, a form listing the individual sections within the selected database will appear; choose the sections to be imported from the list and click the OK button to redisplay the {Type} Section form.  If the selected type of section is not included in that database, an error message will display. Click the OK button on the error message to close it, and then click the Open File button on the {Type} Section form to redisplay the list of possible databases; choose another database. Repeat this process until a list of available sections of the required type is displayed.

2. Set the Frame Section Property Type drop-down list to Steel.

3. Click the Steel Joist button.