Changing Beam Profiles

Profiles are found in the Beam Profiles folder in the Structure tree.

  1. Select the beam in the Structure tree or Design window.

  2. Click Profiles in the Beams group on the Prepare tab.

  3. Select a profile from the list or from one of the libraries.

    • More Profiles opens a folder browser to browse to profiles you may have saved on your machine
    • Standard Library opens a browser of industry standard beam profiles. Two libraries are available.
      • AISC
      • Eurocode

    The name of the beam in the Beams folder changes to the name of the profile, and the new profile is added to your Beam Profiles folder.