{"id":34013,"date":"2019-03-18T09:36:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T09:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-define-self-weight-for-the-steel-member\/"},"modified":"2019-03-18T09:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T09:36:46","slug":"how-to-define-self-weight-for-the-steel-member","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-define-self-weight-for-the-steel-member\/","title":{"rendered":"How to define self-weight for the steel member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I created two different I section steel beam &amp; column and inputted the size of members in the Design Modeler as below picture. However, I cannot find where&nbsp;should I input the self-weight of the members, what should I do?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Also, does it finish the steel members section model&nbsp;once I input the size only<em> (part of Dimension 6 in the picture)<\/em> ? Do I need to extrude it or do anything to make it become 3D?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/aa9b0b40-d41d-44e2-8d58-aa0601582017\/0d4f5ea6-0331-4182-acd4-aa14009e090e_2.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-34013","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["6185"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["1876"],"_bbp_subscription":["239191"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["34013"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","163147"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["80694"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["80694"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-03-18 12:51:25"]},"test":"wh05"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/34013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/34013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}