1. BEAM CONNECT TO COLUMN WEBZoom in to the graphical view and change the viewing direction so that you can see the detailed geometry of each connection point in turn, looking for any examples where an attached section has been trimmed to the wrong length. If you find any, correct them as follows. Select Connect>Trim to Pline>Pick (force). When prompted to 'Identify section end to be trimmed', pick one of the ends which you want to correct (as shown shaded in the preceding diagram). You will then be prompted to 'Identify pline to be trimmed to'; change the view if necessary and pick the pline which corresponds to the required section end point (typically NAR/NAL for a web connection or TOS/BOS for a flange connection, as shown by the black dots in the preceding diagram, see also Structural Catalogue Guide). Note how the pointer shape changes when it is positioned on a pline and how the status bar helps you by identifying which pline is selected at any given moment. Press Escape to action the change.

2.1 HOW TO USE AUTO COLOUR; >Settings/graphics/colour/auto colour rules... >Element rules/create new(copy from default)/include ex. description=AAPablo panel rule >Under data display rules, select created element rule and click cut >Modify colour & translucency as desired/insert before/ok >Save/Apply/Ok >Settings/graphics/load/apply/ok

columns = magentabeams = greenpanel = greybracing = yellow

2.2 >SELECT ZONE/MODIFY/ATTRIBUTES GLOBAL/PURPOSE > PRIM = CYAN > SEC = MAGENTA > TER = GREEN

>On element rules, create new

name = primary auto colourtypes = zonerule = PURPOSE OF ZONE EQ 'PRIM'desc =

>save/apply/ok >load/apply/ok >rem all/add site