In addition to the low-, medium-, and high-detail representation of the composite column, you might even need one more for a presentation plan. And maybe the low detail version of the same sketch would be as shown below. The difference you see is not only the hatch details popping up, but also notice the fillets appearing where the flange and web meet.

The same sketch drawn to show a high detail would look like the one below. For example, the above sketch is drawn for a medium detail representation of the column. If you decide to draw these shapes using polylines, you will have to draw two, three, or more versions of the same sketch depending upon the type of details you will be plotting.

One is the 750x750 square profile and the other one is the W530x300 wide flange shape. You will notice that there are two shapes required to create the SMS we want. As an example, we will use a composite column.īelow is a sketch showing the cross section of a composite column with encased H-Steel profile. This time, we will create a structural member style (hereafter referred to as SMS) that will use two shapes. Welcome back! In the earlier lessons in my series on creating structural member styles using custom member shape definitions, we learned the concepts of creating a basic structural member style using a single shape. Back November 29th, 2010 AutoCAD Architecture: Structural Styles, Part 3

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