How to give a beam start and end offset?

faijanuddinshaikh · ‎11-16-2023

The members in my spaceframe needs to be shorten by a specific value of 71.5mm from both their start and end point. I can't make a line to trim all of them at time because they're at different angles. Is my only option to stretch each of them one by one? How do you deal with changes in beam length when situation like these occur? This would take significant amount of time just to shorten their length. This could be done so easily in revit.

Dias_Antonio · ‎11-16-2023

Dear @faijanuddinshaikh

I suppose you have created these member without a pattern (rectangular array). I suggest you to create arrays of beam (copies) in X and Y coordinates (1 for one slope and 1 for another slope). If you change one, all of them will be changed. After and finnaly you decided whats is the correct lenght confirm the array and it is ready.

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faijanuddinshaikh · ‎11-16-2023

The input is taken from autocad in the form of a line model. I will have to stick to this alignment of the beams as the structure which it will be resting on is at slope on both sides and has a gap in between that is why the members are unsymmetrical.

K_Kubat · ‎11-19-2023

How about creating a user connection for the beam shortening.

Attention, 2 may have to be created because the beam creates the shortening on the corresponding manufacturing side.

So either at the starting point or at the end point as you created it.