.Draw a Pipe shape by clicking the Draw
menu > Draw Structural Shape > Pipe command or by clicking
the associated toolbar button, .
Note that there is no reinforcing associated with a
Pipe shape. If you want to place reinforcing in a Pipe shape then you
must use the Draw menu > Draw Reinforcing Shape
command, or its associated toolbar button, ,
to do it.
Following are the shape properties associated with the Pipe shape.
Type: The shape type is User Defined.
Material: The default material property for Pipe shapes is Steel. 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.
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.
Outer Diameter: The diameter of the pipe measured to the outside face of the pipe wall.
Wall: The thickness of the pipe wall.
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