# Edit Section

WARNING

GSA-Grasshopper plugin is pre-release and under active development, including further testing to be undertaken. It is provided "as-is" and you bear the risk of using it. Future versions may contain breaking changes. Any files, results, or other types of output information created using the plugin should not be relied upon without thorough and independent checking.

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Edit Section

# Description

Modify GSA Section

# Input parameters

Icon Type Name Description
SectionParam Section Section Section Property (Beam) to get or set information for. Leave blank to create a new Section
IntegerParam Integer Section Number Set Section Number. If ID is set it will replace any existing 2D Property in the model
TextParam Text Section Profile Profile name following naming convention (eg 'STD I 1000 500 15 25')
MaterialParam Material Material Set Material
GenericParam Generic Basic Offset Set Basic Offset Centroid = 0 (default), Top = 1, TopLeft = 2, TopRight = 3, Left = 4, Right = 5, Bottom = 6, BottomLeft = 7, BottomRight = 8
UnitNumber Unit Number Length Add. Offset Y Set Additional Offset Y
UnitNumber Unit Number Length Add. Offset Z Set Additional Offset Z
SectionModifierParam Section Modifier Section Modifier Set Section Modifier
IntegerParam Integer Section Pool Set Section pool
TextParam Text Section Name Set Section name
ColourParam Colour Section Colour Set Section colour

# Output parameters

Icon Type Name Description
SectionParam Section Section GSA Section Property (Beam) with applied changes.
IntegerParam Integer Section Number Original Section number (ID) if the Section ever belonged to a GSA Model
TextParam Text Section Profile Profile description
MaterialParam Material Material Material
GenericParam Generic Basic Offset Basic Offset
UnitNumber Unit Number Length Add. Offset Y Additional Offset Y
UnitNumber Unit Number Length Add. Offset Z Additional Offset Z
SectionModifierParam Section Modifier Section Modifier Section Modifier
IntegerParam Integer Section Pool Section pool
TextParam Text Section Name Section name
ColourParam Colour Section Colour Section colour