Rectangular column
The most frequently used column types in projects are the rectangular and
square columns. To draw such columns, the Rectangular Column command is used.
To draw rectangular column:
Click Draw/Entities/Column/Rectangular Column or the Rectangular Column icon
from the toolbar.
The cursor will change form.
Left-click any point on the drawing area or an object intersection point.
The image of the column will appear on the screen.
You can mirror the column by pressing space-bar.
You can rotate the column around its node by moving the mouse.
You can change column dimensions from the dimension boxes on the column
toolbar appearing on the screen.
Left-click for second time.
The column will be drawn. (If the fast drawing mode is inactive, give a name
for the column using keyboard or approve the automatically given name by
pressing enter.)
Press Esc to exit the mode.
The settings of the column will be the existing settings in the column
settings dialog. The settings of the column can be changed both before and after
column drawing. For setting the column parameters before column drawing you should
click Settings/Column Settings first, make the necessary changes in the appearing column settings dialog and
perform column drawing after exiting the dialog by clicking the OK button
To change the settings of existing (drawn) columns, you should first select
the column(s) and then enter the column settings dialog by clicking Modify/Entity Properties. In this case, the changes made in column settings will be valid only for the
selected columns.
The dimensions of a drawn (existing) column cannot be changed from the column
settings dialog. The command Modify/Entity Edit/Column/Change Column Dimension is used for this purpose.