Add a Profile to a Structure

You can add a profile to a wall panel or to another plane structure (floor or roof panel, framing) so that the profile is automatically connected to the structure.

1. Select a panel and a layer or a framing using a part, for example.

   Select a Structure and a Layer

2. Do either of the following:
3. Select Panel | Framing | Add Profile Add Profile.
4. Select Plane Structure | Framing | Add Profile Add Profile.
5. Select the profile properties.

   Piece Properties

6. If necessary, change the direction of the cross section with the functions in the auxiliary menu.
   • Match Cross Section Direction to Plane Normal
   • Match Cross Section Direction to Another Profile
   • Select Cross Section Direction

   When you add a profile in the 2D drawing, the cursor shows the direction of the cross section.

   

7. Select the locating point at the start of the profile in one of the following ways:
   • Select one of the nine points on a rectangle drawn around the cross section as the locating point from the auxiliary menu.

     

   • Select the Select Locating Point function from the auxiliary menu, and select any point on the cross section as the locating point. If required, you can change the locating point to one of the nine quick-selection points, and then activate the selected locating point again by selecting the Free Locating Point function.
8. Select the start point of the profile.
9. If necessary, select the locating point for the end of the profile. The locating point can be a different point at the start of the profile and at the end. Open the locating point menu for the end of the profile by using the function Common/Separate Locating Point for Start And End Points.
10. Select the end point of the profile.