.You can draw a Poly shape by clicking the Draw
menu > Draw Poly Shape command
or by clicking the associated toolbar button, .
A Poly shape is defined by the coordinates of its corner points. To draw the Poly shape you simply click on the desired location of each corner point. You can complete the shape by double clicking on the last corner point, or by single clicking on the last point and then pressing the Enter key (or the Esc key) on your keyboard.
Note that the drawing constraints are available while you are drawing Poly shapes.
You can use the Reshaping feature of Section Designer to modify the geometry of a Poly shape.
Following are the shape properties associated with the Poly shape.
Type: This item is Polygon to identify the type of shape. It is not editable by the user.
Material: The default material property for Polygon shapes is Concrete (CONC). To change this item right click in the cell and select any available material property in the resulting drop-down box.
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.
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.
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