Tapered Wide Flange Beam

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Hi,

this is my first family editing attempt and as sketchy as it is I hope it'll come in handy for you guys out there:

I've morphed an existing wide-flange family into this new type that allows to edit one of the beam's end height, thus creating a tapered beam. In the 'Edit' window, go to the very bottom and enter a height for "d-short".

Somewhere along the road I lost the ability to stretch the beam, though. It would be great to have that option, and I can't see a way to tell the 'Solid Blend' to have a parametric length...any help?


Thanks,
Axel

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Here's one I did a while ago. Feel free to reverse engineer.

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Hey David,

that is a great help to also have the "no taper length" feature! I will reverse engineer and see how things are done and then see if I can add a taper on the other end [quite practical for my project].

Thanks,
Axel

[dbaldacchino]

NP Axel So you need something with a taper on both sides? I think I'd just model two beams side by side (it's how it would probably get built anyway).