Create bespoke structural shape

Hi,

I have trawled the internet for some time now and i haven't found my answer so I'm now at a loss, can some one help me or point me in the right direction!. I need to create bespoke structural shapes and these would be used to create slabs rather than beams or columns but i would like to use the place beam tool as i can then send it along a profile to create my slab. I know how to add new section sizes to the xml etc. but that's not what i am after and SS6 now has additional shapes included but still nothing that suits my needs. Would i be right in saying that the ProjectShapes.xml links back to some form of graphical version of the shape? or is it linked back to some kind of PC dimension driven file?

Any help, literature or diagrams on this would be most appreciative.

Many thanks in advance.

 

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  • Many thanks for your reply Robert. I have tried the place profile tool but it doesn't quite hold the same level of structural data as a structural object. The problem regarding raising a service request is that i don't know what shapes we will require as of yet as its early days in the design, i do know it could be a powerful tool for us in understanding how to create the shapes from scratch in the future. Am i right in saying the shapes are derived from a graphical or dimension driven base which is linked to the xml?

    Thanks again

    Rob

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