Frame

In one sentence: Create a structural frame member by sweeping a profile along a wire skeleton path.

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Overview

Workbench: BIM
Menu: 3D/BIM → Frame
Command: Arch_Frame
IFC class: IfcMember

Creates a structural frame member by sweeping a cross-section profile along a wire skeleton. The skeleton can be any wire object (Draft Wire, edge, etc.). Use this for glazing frames, structural members, purlins, and similar linear elements.

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When to use it

• Structural steel or timber frame members that follow arbitrary paths.
• Glazing sub-frames and curtain wall mullions (custom profiles).
• Any profile-sweep element that is not a simple Beam or Column.

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See also

• Beam — structural beam between two points
• Column — vertical structural column
• Truss — automatically generated structural truss
• BIM Workbench — workbench overview