Automatic Radius for Coping Beams

When coping beams, especially steel beams, there are many complaints that the cope doesn’t include an automatic radius.  However, if a custom beam is created such that the flanges have a slight radius to them, this shape will be used for the cope, and therefore coping will include a radius.

2 thoughts on “Automatic Radius for Coping Beams

  1. Troy White

    Great tip! Does detail level matter in this case? Our beam profiles are rounded in fine and at right angles in medium. When I cope, which level of detail takes precedence?

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