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Click Shapes
on the Model panel.
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Click a shape in Section Type.
You can insert concrete members from the Shapes palette. Follow the same steps to insert concrete shapes.
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Select a Section Data Table.
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Select a Member Size.
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Select a Material, or keep the default.
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Type an Angle for the shape.
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Select a Cardinal Point.
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Select or clear the Reflect check box.
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Select a Group.
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Select a Layer, or keep the default.
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Click the Details tab.
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If needed, edit the Long Description and Short Description. For more information, see Shapes.
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If required, type a Part Number and a Tag.
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If you have Custom Fields, you can change the shape Value.
Right-click, and then select Reset 
or Reset All 
to reset the Value to the default value from the Structure Editor.
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Select Beam Elevation from the Place By list.
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Click Insert.
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Type the elevation of the cardinal point for the beam on the command line, and then press ENTER.
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Select a pair of columns to connect with the beam at the set elevation, and then press ENTER.
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Select additional pairs as needed, and then press ENTER to finish.
The software inserts beams at the specified elevation between the selected columns.
