Beam Listing Parameters

BEAM FIELD	DESCRIPTION
Beam Cross Section	Shape of the Beam’s cross-section (either “regular” or “complex”) as defined in the Beam Settings dialog box.
Building Material/Profile	Name of the Building Material assigned to the Beam (or the name of the Profile, in case of a profiled Beam.)
Height	Height of the Beam (difference between its base elevation and its top elevation)
Hole Height	Height or diameter of the first-placed hole in the Beam (same value as Hole Dimension 2 or diameter on the Hole panel of Beam Tool Settings).
Hole Level	Distance of the centerpoint of the first-placed hole from the edge of the Beam (same value as “Position” on the Hole panel of Beam Tool Settings.)
Hole Number	Total number of holes in the Beam.
Hole Width	Width of the first-placed hole in the Beam (same value as Hole Dimension 1 on the Hole panel of Beam Tool Settings.
Holes Surface Area	Total area of the 2D surface of all holes, as calculated on one side of the Beam.
Holes Volume	Total volume of all holes in the Beam (multiplying Beam width by the holes surfaces).
Length Left	Length of the Beam on its left side. (“Left” and “Right” are determined based on the direction of the Beam’s reference axis. The axis direction is the direction in which you drag the cursor to draw the Beam.)
Length Right	Length of the Beam on its right side. (“Left” and “Right” are determined based on the direction of the Beam’s reference axis. The axis direction is the direction in which you drag the cursor to draw the Beam.)
Bottom surface	Name of the surface assigned to the bottom surface of the Beam.
Left side surface	Name of the surface assigned to the left surface of the Beam. (“Left” and “Right” are determined based on the direction of the Beam’s reference axis. The axis direction is the direction in which you drag the cursor to draw the Beam.)
Right side surface	Name of the surface assigned to the right surface of the Beam. (“Left” and “Right” are determined based on the direction of the Beam’s reference axis. The axis direction is the direction in which you drag the cursor to draw the Beam.)
End surface	Name of the surface assigned to the two end surfaces of the Beam.
Top surface	Name of the surface assigned to the top surface of the Beam.
Offset	Reference line axis offset. By default, this value is zero (the reference axis runs down the center of the Beam). User may assign any other value as offset in Beam Settings: this offsets the reference axis by the given amount from the center.
Slant Angle	Angle of an inclined Beam
Bottom Surface Area	Area of the surface of the bottom of the Beam, reduced by any SEO’s or holes.
Left side surface area	Area of the surface of the left edge of the Beam, reduced by any SEO’s or holes. (“Left” and “Right” are determined based on the direction of the Beam’s reference axis. The axis direction is the direction in which you drag the cursor to draw the Beam.)
Right side surface area	Area of the surface of the right edge of the Beam, reduced by any SEO’s or holes. (“Left” and “Right” are determined based on the direction of the Beam’s reference axis. The axis direction is the direction in which you drag the cursor to draw the Beam.)
End Surface Area	Area of the surfaces of both ends of the Beam, reduced by any SEO’s or holes.
Top Surface Area	Area of the surface of the top of the Beam, reduced by any SEO’s or holes.
Volume	Volume of the Beam, reduced by any SEO’s or holes.
Conditional Volume	Volume of Beam, subtracting the volume of any holes that exceed a given size, as defined in Options > Project Preferences > Calculation Units & Rules (“Reduce Beam volume by…”). Takes SEO’s into account.
Width	Width of the Beam as entered in Info Box or Beam Tool Settings