Its the bulk of the timber. Should be in the center, basically a box without the joinery.

It is not always called beam, but it could be. In timbers it is 'beam', in posts it is 'pbeam' and in rafters it is 'rbeam'. Reason for this is that if you make a change to 'beam' it being a component it will update throughout.

Last edited by bmike; 01/21/09 10:16 PM.

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