• Plate Girder Taper

    Hello, Is it possible to model a plate girder where the bottom tapers at the end of the beam while the top stays level? See below picture for reference
  • RE: Modelling of steel beams with variable depth

    You can do that by applying a member offset to the start of the member. As you know for a tapered beam, the higher depth should be assigned to the start of the member. So all you need to do is, find out by how much the cg of the cross section at the start…