General cross-section

A general cross-section is a cross-section that:

• may be of an arbitrary shape,

• may consist of an arbitrary number of partial cross-sections,

• may be made of an arbitrary number of materials.

This type of cross-section may be useful mainly for sections tailored for a specific purpose (steel thin walled cross-sections, aluminium sections, bridge sections, hollow concrete sections, etc.).

The general cross-section may be designed by means of a tool called General cross-section editor. This editor is a special environment, fully integrated into SCIA Engineer that provides the user with all functions necessary for an efficient design of a "free-shape" and "free-composition" cross-section.