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Practice Exercise (Optional)
Download Practice File: Starting Point
- Revise the floor framing at Level 2 to provide beams around the floor opening at the atrium.
- Open the Level 2 - Structural plan view.
- Open the Beam tool.
- Place new beams at the left and right sides of the floor opening -- spanning from grid line 2 to grid line 3.
- Place additional beams spanning from side-to-side between the new beams at the sides of the floor opening.
- Adjust the beam system in this column bay to avoid placing beams across the floor opening.
- Remove the existing beam system in this column bay.
- Create new beam systems to fill-in between the beams at the sides of the floor opening.
- Set the Beam Type for these new beam systems toW Shapes: W8x10.
- Use the Automatic Beam System placement tool to create beam systems with beams running parallel to grid lines D and E.
- Revise the floor framing at Level 2 to provide support for the cantilevered floor area at the front of the building.
- Open the Level 2 - Structural plan view.
- Open the Beam tool.
- Place a new W12x26 beam to support the left edge of the cantilevered floor area.
- Mirror this beam about the center of the cantilever to the create another beam supporting the right edge.
- Place a new W12x26 beam at the end of the cantilever, connecting the ends of the other new beams.
- Lower the height of the existing beam on grid line 4 (spanning between grid lines D & E) by 12” to allow the cantilevering beams to pass over it.
- Copy these updated beams to the clipboard and use the Paste Aligned to Selected Levels tool to place similar beams on Level 3.
When you have completed this exercise, your model should look like this:
Download File: Ending Point