Channel

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You can draw a Channel shape by clicking the Draw menu > Draw Structural Shape > Channel command or by clicking the associated toolbar button, . Following are the shape properties associated with the Channel shape.

Type: The shape type is User Defined.

Material: The default material property for Channel shapes is Steel. To change this item right click in the cell and select any available material property in the resulting drop-down box. If you select a material property whose design type is Concrete then the Reinforcing property for the shape is visible. Otherwise it is not visible.

Color: This item controls the color of the fill for the shape. Left click on the cell to bring up the Color form where you can set the color for the fill.

X Center: The Section Designer X coordinate of the center of the bounding box for the shape. Changing this coordinate relocates the shape.

Y Center: The Section Designer Y coordinate of the center of the bounding box for the shape. Changing this coordinate relocates the shape.

Height: The height of the shape measured from the bottom of the bottom flange to the top of the top flange.

Width: The width of the top and bottom flanges of the shape.

Flange Thick: The thickness of the top and bottom flanges of the shape.

Web Thick: The thickness of the web of the shape.

Rotation: Angle (in degrees) measured from the Section Designer X-Axis to the original horizontal axis of the shape. See the sketch below. Note that the shape is rotated about the center of the bounding rectangle.

Reinforcing: This item is only visible if the material property associated with the shape has a Concrete design type. The value of this item is either Yes or No. Setting it to Yes inserts edge reinforcing bars and corner bars in the shape. In other portions of this manual these bars are referred to as bars that are associated with the shape. If you set this item to No you can still use the Draw menu > Draw Reinforcing Shape command to place rebar in the shape.