Structural Design User Guide

	Selection	Click to remove all joints from the current selection. The number of currently selected joints displays adjacent to the icon.
	Specification	Select from the drop-down list to display all the available groups of joint component covered by a specification. Once a specification has been selected from the drop-down list, the Joint Group and Joint galleries are automatically populated with joint group and joint components available for selection. Note: An automatically selected joint is displayed as Unset in the specification and can be modified to a standard joint using the drop-down list.
	Joint Group	Select from the gallery to display all the available joint components. Once a group has been selected, the Joint gallery is automatically populated with the joint components available for selection.
	Joint	Select a joint component from the gallery. Once a joint has been selected, the Design Parameters fields are automatically populated with default values.
	Design Parameters	Input values in the fields to modify the dimensions of the joint component parts.
	Detail	Click to display a detailed image of the joint. The image window displays a detailed description of the joint geometry and the different parameters and variables that can be applied to the joint.