Drawing beams

- Open the drawing Drawing beams.dwg

- If the Context Modeler is not yet open, then click on the icon Context Modeler

- Click on the button

- Select HEA as section type

- Select the profile section HEA240

- Activate the button Between columns

- Make sure that all the other context buttons are deactivated, these were possibly still active for the previous exercise.

- In Context Modeler, click on the symbol in case it is not yet active

- Choose Attic floor for the top level

- Activate the magnet for the Top level

Because of the active magnet Parabuild will not propose alternative heights.

- Make sure that the bottom level is inactive by clicking on it if necessary

- Move the cursor to between 2 columns and click on the left mouse button if the desired girder appears.

- Do the same for some other girders

- Then press <Enter> to end the command

- Click on the button

- Select TubeS as section type

- Select the profile section TubeS80x80x5

- Activate the button Tussen liggers

- Make sure that all the other context buttons are deactivated, these were possibly still active for the previous step

- Make sure that both levels Top and Bottom are deactivated

- Move the cursor to between two rafters, and press the left mouse button as soon as you can see the stringer.

The distance between the apex and the stringer (800 on the image) is modifiable afterwards, look at the exercise Modifying objects drawn with the Context Modeler for this.

- Now draw some more stringers between other rafters

Use the zoom and pan functions of the mouse wheel to work more accurately.

- Now draw a stringer underneath another stringer

- Draw some more stringers underneath each other

Parabuild prefers to use an existing profile that is parallel to the new profile as a reference!

- Press the <Enter> key to end the command

- Open the drawing Drawing floor joists.dwg

- If the Context Modeler is not yet open, then click on the icon Context Modeler

- Click on the button

- Choose IPE as section type

- Select the section IPE330

- Activate the button New beam aligned with top of beams

- Also make sure that the other context buttons are deactivated.

- Move the cursor to between the two beams close to the columns on A1 and B2.
Press the left mouse button to draw the joist as soon as you see it appear

- Move the cursor a little to the right, and draw the next joist at a distance of 900 from the previous joist

- Also draw some of the next joists

- Then press <Enter> to end the command

The distances between the stringers are adjustable, look at the exercise Modifying objects drawn with the Context Modeler for this.

We will now draw the same joists using a different tool.

- Click several times on the Undo icon so that all the joists that we just drew are gone.

We need to press the Undo button once per joist.

- Click on the icon Draw Cladding

- Double-click the type Floor

- Press the button next to profile section

- Click on the tab

- Select the section type IPE

- Select the section IPE330

- Click on in het profiles library window

- Click again on in the purlins window

- Select the front beam

- Select the other beam and then press <Enter> to end the selection

- Click on in the window for the choice of connection

By default the joists were drawn on top of the beams.
However this can be modified easily.

- Modify the Number of purlins to 12

- Press the button next to IPE330

- Click on the button at the middle top of the section

- Click on in the Profile placement window

- Click on in the Cladding window

The difference with the first method (Context Modeler) is that this method allows us to draw the joists equally distributed over a distance.

The number of joists is adjustable at a later time using the command Review Macro :