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How to create a horizontal support beam

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  • #16126
    eddie_bowerseddie_bowers
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    I’m fairly new to the software, but have been building out our vacation home (currently being built in real life) so I can visualize things and help decide how the kitchen should be laid out. I can’t find any generic shapes or even beams to use for a support beam I need to put up.
    Since nothing needs to be structurally accurate, I have sometimes repurposed a cabinet to make low partitions, and that looks fine. But for a beam, the cabinets have no bottom, so that trick won’t work.
    What is the best way to do this?

    If your asking why I’m not using walls for a partition. It kept connecting with an existing wall and closing off a large opening in the wall that leads to a lower level (not another floor, but a lower level. I’m sure there was a way to do it correctly, but I got frustrated.

    I’m attaching my version using a stretched out cabinet as the beam so you can get an idea of what i’m trying to do.

     

     

    #16129
    conweconwe
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    You want to use the members tool and it should give you an option to use multiple different kinds of beams.

    #16134
    eddie_bowerseddie_bowers
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    That must not be available in Personal Architect (everything looks like your screenshot, but that icon isn’t there). Shoot.

    Thanks!

    #16190
    conweconwe
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    That’s to bad

    #16216
    jkzimmjkzimm
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    You should have a Floor option that says ‘ by Pick Points.

    Draw the floor to match width of beam and length in between walls .

    Right click and assign thickness to the floor 11 1/2″ or whatever.  This is beam depth.

    You can adjust the width in 2D plan view by dragging sides to proper width.

    In 2D , select the floor, Right Click, select ‘Elevate’ , this will raise the beam into position.

    Jack

    zimmerdesign.com

     

    #16218
    eddie_bowerseddie_bowers
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    Thanks so much. I actually ended up doing just that for one beam. I found that starting with the 12″ x 12″ Gypsum Pier worked well for other things. I used it paper thin inside of exterior doors so I could have a different finish on the inside. It’s a very flexible object.

    #16222
    jkzimmjkzimm
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    Good to hear. Workarounds are fun sometimes.

    Jack

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