New Cross Section to Profile Library

You can only add cross sections to a customer-specific library. You can create a customer-specific profile library by copying the system library, or by copying profiles from the system library to a new library of your own. The system libraries can be found in the System Libraries / Materials / Profiles folder of the library browser . The customer-specific libraries can be found in the folder Custom Libraries / Materials / Profiles.

Creating your own profile library differs from copying other component libraries in that you can enter the name of the library folder. Otherwise, the program will name the library folder automatically. First, enter a description of the new library and then the name of the library.

To copy an entire system library, select the library folder, and select Copy to Custom from the right-click menu. The program copies the entire library to the Custom Libraries / Materials / Profiles library browser folder. After that, the system library will no longer be displayed in the library browser. The custom library is marked as [Overwrites]. Later, you can view the edits made to the customer-specific library compared to the system library by selecting the library and Manage Modifications from the right-click menu.

You can add a rectangular cross section directly to the profile library by simply entering the dimensions of the cross section. If the cross section is not a rectangle, first draw the shape of the cross section.