Frame Generator Flashcards

Which Frame Generator end treatment cuts one member to match the profile shape of another member it meets, such as a beam framing into a column?

Answer: Notch

Notch cuts the selected member to the cross-section shape of the other member.

Where do the standard structural profiles used by Frame Generator come from?

Answer: Content Center libraries

Frame Generator pulls structural shapes from Content Center, so the libraries must be set up in the active project.

When you insert frame members on skeleton edges, what does the Merge option do?

Answer: Combines selected collinear edges into one continuous frame member

Merge makes one member that runs across several selected collinear edges, not separate members.

You need two members at a corner to meet at a 45° joint with a 2 mm gap between them. Which command do you use?

Answer: Miter with a gap value

Miter bisects the corner angle between the two members and lets you enter a gap.

What happens to the frame members after you change a dimension in the skeleton sketch they were placed on?

Answer: They update to follow the new skeleton geometry

Frame members stay linked to the skeleton geometry, so they follow skeleton edits.

Which command lets you swap the size, standard, or material of frame members that are already placed?

Answer: Change

Change edits the family, size, and material of the selected frame members.

In the Insert Frame Member dialog, what are the profile anchor points used for?

Answer: Setting where the profile cross-section sits relative to the skeleton edge

The anchor point sets which point of the cross-section lines up with the skeleton line.