Draw beams

We are now going to draw a beam. Go to level 2 and find gridline 2 between A and B. 

Figure 1. The place to draw the beam.

Go to IMPACT - Elements - Draw Beam to start the command. 

Select the Inverted Tee beam 'IT58' on the project level.

Figure 2. Select the beam definition.

Before drawing the beam, ensure that the 'Placement Plane' is set to 'Level: Level 2' in the green ribbon above the model view.

Figure 3. Configure settings before drawing the beam.

To get some space between the columns and the beam, set the start and end extension to -20 mm.

Figure 4. Set the extension.

Draw the beam on gridline 2 between columns on A and B.

Figure 5. Draw beam.

We are just going to draw one beam for now. End the command with 'Esc'.

To make sure that the beam is fixed on the columns we are going to add soon, we need to add some recess at the ends of the beam. This will be done in the next step. 

Next: Add beam end