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23	23	* Go to the Floor View on which you want the created Beams and then click "Auto Beam" button.
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	25	+[[image:1.png||alt="AutoBeam"]]
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26	26	* In the pop-up window, you can find two columns of layers for extraction. MaxiAEC allows you to extract drawing lines in CAD file for Beam geometry.
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28		-* Click the "Auto Beam" Function.
29		-And pick the beam outline in your CAD Drawing.
30		-"(Not like the columns in CAD which their dimensions are indicated by their drawing), Annotation of beams are required to create building element with correct heights.
31		-Pick the annotation layer in the drawing, and the marks will be linked to the adjacent beams."
32		-In this drawing, the beams are marked with their names and sizes. Often you can see in some drawings there will only be beam marks and no further information were provided. For drawings like that, we can try to read the beam schedule from the original drawing. We will talk about this later.
33		-The settings provide you with some further options.
34		-The settings provide you some further options. You can decide how your beam elements will be named and created.
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	29	+[[image:2.png||alt="AutoBeam1"]]
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	31	+* pick the beam outline in your CAD Drawing.
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	33	+[[image:画板 1.png||alt="Extract Beam Outline"]]
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	35	+* Annotation of beams are required to create building element with correct heights. Pick the annotation layer in the drawing, and the marks will be linked to the adjacent beams.
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	37	+[[image:画板 12.png||alt="Extract Beam Annotation"]]
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	39	+* The settings provide you some further options. You can decide how your beam elements will be named and created.
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	41	+[[image:3.png||alt="AutoBeam Settings"]]
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	43	+* To help you round up potential irregular Beam sizes and manage the types of beam you want to create, you can define several beam width before recognisation.
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	45	+[[image:4.png||alt="AutoBeam Predefine Size"]]
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35	35	Currently, the Pre-define Beam Width is turned on as default to help you better recognise beams with different unit in cad drawing.
36		-Click the configure button to predefine more of such width before continue.
37		-"Also, when you find it difficult for the software to recognise beam marks accordingly, you can set a pattern for the mark to help the differentiation.
38		-(For example, if your beams are named as GB1, GB2 and so, enter GB in the field for better effect.)"
39		-If you are dealing with some not so organised drawings in which beam lines are mixed with other lines in the same layer, make sure to check this option to differentiate lines by its color and lineweight.
40		-Start the creation of Beams.
41		-This table helps you to preview the beams that is going to be created. You can compare the size and mark of beams in the table with your original drawings.
42		-If any particular piece of data is not what you want, you can click into that cell and input your own. Currently the software supports inputs in the format of decimal feet.
43		-As you can see in the list, some of the beams are not assigned with a valid height value. That value will be replaced with a 1inch height and you can manage that data manually.
44		-Batch edit is also available for you to change multiple cells at the same time.
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	52	+* Also, when you find it difficult for the software to recognise beam marks, you can set a pattern for the mark to help the differentiation.
	53	+(For example, if your beams are named as FB1, FB2 and so on, enter FB in the field for better effect).
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	55	+[[image:5.png||alt="Auto Beam Prefix"]]
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	57	+* Click "start recognisation" to read the DWG file. You can preview the beam dimensions before creation. You can check the size and mark of beams in the table with your original drawings.
	58	+* Marks and size properties can be manually changed, or you can use batch edit to insert data that was not in the table at once.
	59	+* As you can see in the list, some of the beams are not assigned with a valid height value. That value will be replaced with a 1mm height and you can modify that property manually.
45	45	When you want to extract data from a beam table, first click the "Batch Edit" button, and use window select to select a range of table in your drawing. If the table was successfully recognised, a table will pop up and the data inside can be insert to the beams that you are going to create.
46	46	When you have filled all the necessary data for the beams, click "Create Elements" to continue.
47	47	In 3D view, we can easily browse through the beam elements we have created. Some beams failed to get a valid height value and are marked with a red appearance to warn the user. You can manually replace that particular beam, or try to rerun the process.