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#1 JASON BURMEISTER

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 01:34 PM

I have LVL beams in my beam library that are either 2,3 or 4 ply ganged together but in section each ply while dimensioning at 1 3/4" actually show as 1 1/2" plies. In my definitions I have each ply as 1 3/4" thick, anyone know how I can fix this?

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#2 JASON BURMEISTER

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Posted 28 September 2020 - 09:01 AM

Tech support gave me this solution.

 

File > Drawing/System Options > Drawing/System Options > Material Dimensions > Material Dimensions - and under Cross Section Detail change the Material Thickness to 1.75"

 

Then in your LVL beam definitions only have one laminated beam with the width of 3 1/2", 5 1/4" or 7" and it will show in cross section the ply widths correctly. However, if you have a solid 3 1/2", 5 1/4" or 7" LVL or LSL beam it will show in the cross section as multiple plies.

 

They need to just treat it like a 2x built-up beam.



#3 Gary McKeon

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Posted 28 September 2020 - 09:16 AM

Agreed Jason






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