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Step 2: Create a rigid frame style and tool.
Step 3: Draw a multi-segmented polyline path for the rigid frame and use the rigid frame tool to convert the path to
a structural member.
Step 4: Create the first leg of the rigid frame by assigning start and end shapes to the first segment of the frame.
Step 5: Create the first rafter of the rigid frame by assigning start and end shapes to the second segment of the frame.
Step 6: Create the second rafter of the rigid frame by assigning start and end shapes to the third segment of the frame.
Step 7: Create the second leg of the rigid frame by assigning start and end shapes to the fourth segment of the frame.
Creating Shapes for the Rigid Frame
Use this procedure to create two styles that contain the two shapes that transform over the path of the rigid frame.
1 On the Format menu, click Structural Member Catalog.
2 Expand Imperial in the tree view in the left pane of the Structural Member Catalog.
3 Expand Steel, AISC, and then I-Shaped.
4 Select Wn, Wide-Flange Shapes.
5 Right-click W8X31 in the lower right pane of the Structural Member Catalog, and click Generate Member
Style.
6 Enter W8X31, and click OK.
7 Select W1n, Wide-Flange Shapes in the tree view in the left pane.
8 Right-click W14X43 in the lower right pane of the Structural Member Catalog, and click Generate Member
Style.
9 Enter W14X43 and click OK.
10 Click
Creating the Rigid Frame Tool
Use this procedure to create a rigid frame tool. Save the style for the rigid frame in the Member Styles (Imperial).dwg
located in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACD-A 2008\enu\Styles\Imperial.
1 On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
2 On the File menu, click Open drawing.
3 Open Member Styles (Imperial).dwg located in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Autodesk\ACD-A 2008\enu\Styles\Imperial.
4 Expand Architectural Objects, right-click Structural Member Styles, and click New.
5 Enter Rigid Frame for the name, and press
6 Click OK to close the Style Manager.
7 Click OK to save changes to the Member Styles (Imperial).dwg.
8 In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click
9 Enter Structural, and press
10 Open the Design palette, select the Structural Column tool, right-click, and click Copy.
11 Open the Structural palette, right-click, and click Paste.
12 Select the new tool, right-click, and click Properties.
13 Enter Rigid Frame for the Name.
14 Click the setting for Description.
15 Enter Creates a rigid frame, and click OK.
16 Expand Basic, and expand General.
17 Click Style location.
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to close the Structural Member Catalog.
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, and then click New Palette.