Model.applybeamsection

Model.applybeamsection(collection, beamsection)

Applies a beamsection to selected members or membersections. If a beamsection is applied to members, a new membersection containing the beamsection is created and assigned to the members.

Parameters:

• collection (Collection) – The collection containing the skeleton entities. Valid entity types are members and membersections.

• beamsection (Entity) – The object describing the beamsection entity to assign to the selected entities in collection.

Example

Apply a beamsection with ID 16 to displayed members

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

# Member collection
input_col = hm.CollectionByDisplayed(model, ent.Member)
model.applybeamsection(collection=input_col, beamsection=ent.Beamsection(model, 16))