Beams and Columns elements in the Building application are created and modified in similar ways to those used in the other AVEVA E3D™ applications such as Sections, Plates, Walls and Floors and Stairs Ladders and Handrails.

The user must create a Beam or Column element below an existing Group element. In the hierarchy, a beam or column element is a soft type element (building representation) of the structural element called Sub-Frame (SBFR). Refer to Beams and Columns for further information on the Concrete Design hierarchy.

There are many different beams and columns that can be created, because of this the Building application uses a common layout for the windows that are presented to the user. For the same reason this chapter only includes a detailed description of how to create and modify one specific type of beam and column.