{"id":2810,"date":"2018-06-20T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2810"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:30:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T13:30:59","slug":"how-to-make-a-user-defined-section","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/es\/knowledge-base\/how-to-make-a-user-defined-section\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a custom section"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Select the line(s) and click on <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2350\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ButtonSectionDialog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"34\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2812\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU.jpg 86w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU-50x20.jpg 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU-60x24.jpg 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU-35x14.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2811\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU2.jpg 40w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SU2-35x22.jpg 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>. Section Utility will open.<br \/>\nIf Section Utility is not starting, close Diamonds and restart Diamonds.<\/li>\n<li>Define the desired profile. Topics that can help you:\n<ul>\n<li>The examples (=\u00a73) in the <a href=\"http:\/\/downloads.buildsoft.eu\/pdf\/en\/Reference%20Manual%20Section%20Utility.pdf\">Section-Utility manual<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-cut-a-section-in-half\/\">How to cut a section in half<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-make-an-encased-h-section\/\">How to make an encased H-section<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/how-to-make-a-hss-section-filled-with-concrete\/\">How to make and HSS section filled with concrete<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to uncheck the winks when composing the defined cross section. This will trigger Section Utility to calculate the elastic and plastic cross-section properties.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8674\" src=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility.png 931w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility-50x33.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility-60x40.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SectionUtility-35x23.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><br \/>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Why aren't the winks unchecked by default?<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li>Assume you draw a line in Diamonds and assign an HEA 300 to it.<\/li>\n<li>You select the line and open the section properties <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img_inline alignnone size-full wp-image-2350\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ButtonSectionDialog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"34\" \/>.<br \/>\nThe properties in this dialog are often rounded values because they come from a catalogue.<br \/>\nWhile Section Utility calculates the (elastic and plastic) properties based on geometrical formulas. The Section Utility results are therefor exact and differ a little from the catalogue values.<\/li>\n<li>If you would send the cross-section to Section Utilty, then close Section Utilty without changing anything to the cross-section, you expect to still have the same cross-section properties, right? Well that&#8217;s because the winks are checked by default.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li>If you want to perform a steelcheck on the section, don&#8217;t forget to define the <a href=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/knowledge-base\/no-steel-verification-for-section-utility-profile\/\">imposed classes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Close Section Utility. Take the section back to Diamonds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the line(s) and click on . Choose\u00a0. Click on . Section Utility will open. If Section Utility is not starting, close Diamonds and restart Diamonds. Define the desired profile. 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