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The Variable Table feature allows you to define and manipulate drawing variables and their values, as well as establish functional relationships between the design variables. For symbols, you use the Variable Table to set expressions for the symbol dimensions. For example, you could set the top and bottom flange dimensions to be equal and the web thickness to be 75% of the flange thickness.

  1. Open the symbol to work with.

  2. Click Tools > Variables.

  3. Define the variables as needed to drive your dimensions. For example, if you are creating an I-shaped section, you may want the top and bottom flanges to be the same thickness. Using the variable table, you set the top flange dimension to be a function of the bottom flange dimension.

  4. Click File > Save.