Connecting a Beam

  1. From the ribbon in the Prepare tab, select Connect.
    Discovery highlights endpoints and endpoint connections that can be extended or moved to connect to a nearby beam, within the specified tolerance distance.
  2. In the right side of the HUD, enter the tolerance distance in the Maximum distance field.
  3. Select Free ends only to ignore beam endpoints that already connect to a beam.
  4. Connect the beams. Use Select problem to connect only the endpoints you select. Then select the highlighted beams you want to connect and exit the Connect tool without clicking Complete.
  5. You can also optionally exclude beams by clicking Exclude problem and selecting the highlighted beams you want to exclude. Then click Complete to connect all other highlighted beams.