1
On the Format menu, click Style Manager.
2
On the File menu, click Open drawing.
3
Open Member Styles (Imperial).dwg located in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Autodesk\ACD-A 2008\enu\Styles\Imperial.
4
Expand Architectural Objects, right-click Structural Member Styles, and click New.
5
Enter Tapered Column for the name, and press
ENTER
.
6
Click OK to close the Style Manager.
7
Click OK to save changes to the Member Styles (Imperial).dwg.
8
In the title bar of the tool palettes set, click
, and then click New Palette.
9
Enter Structural, and press
ENTER
.
10
Open the Design palette, select the Structural Column tool, right-click, and click Copy.
11
Open the Structural palette, right-click, and click Paste.
12
Select the new tool, right-click, and click Properties.
13
Enter Tapered Column for the Name.
14
Click the setting for Description.
15
Enter Creates a tapered column, and click OK.
16
Expand Basic, and expand General.
17
Click Style location.
18
Select Browse, select the Member Styles.dwg located in \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Autodesk\ACD-A 2008\enu\Styles\Imperial, and click Open.
19
Click Style and select Tapered Column.
20
Click OK.
Creating a Column with the Tapered Column Tool
Use this procedure to create a column with the tapered column tool that you created.
1
Select the Tapered Column tool from the tool palette.
2
Press
ENTER
to create a column that is not anchored to a grid.
3
Specify the insert point of the column.
4
Specify the roll, which is the rotation around the extruded axis of the column, and press
ENTER
.
Adding the Start and End Shapes to the Tapered Column
Use this procedure to add the start and end shapes to the tapered column and transform them along the member path.
1
Select the column, right-click, and click Edit Member Style.
2
Click Design Rules.
3
Click Show Details.
4
Select Unnamed under Component, and enter Component 1.
5
Under Start Shape, select W8X31 from the Name list.
6
Scroll to the end of the Design Rules dialog box to display the End Shape parameters.
7
Under End Shape, select W14X43 from the Name list.
8
Click OK.
The complete tapered column displays in your drawing.
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