The icon for a square beam section type looks like this:

When you select Square as the beam type on the Beam Section Definition dialog box, you must type a positive value in the a text-entry box for its cross-section dimension. Select units for length or use the default principal units.

The figures below illustrate stress recovery points for square beam section types. The figure on the left shows the points for the native mode, and the figure on the right shows the points for the FEM mode.

Return to Beam Section Definition Dialog Box.