Follow the next steps to add the pier columns.
| 1 | Go to Pier Column on the tree view. |  |
| 2 | Click three-dots icon on the Pier Cap cell and select a pier cap. | |
| 3 | Click three-dots icon on the Section Data and click edit. |  |
| 4 | Follow section import instructions that given previously. |  |
| 5 | The column has the same section from top to bottom, so there is no need to define a section variation along the column length. | |
| 6 | Enter Section Length starting from top. | |
| 7 | Select Start & End Sections. | |
| 8 | Go to FEM tab and set Cap Connection. |  |
Offset values use PGL as the reference point. -20221025-123233.png?version=1&modificationDate=1666701163368&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
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Follow the below steps to copy and paste all inputs from our data set.
| 1 | Go to Pier Columns under Pier on the tree view. | |
| 2 | Copy Column from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM. | |
| 3 | Go to FEM under Pier on the tree view. | |
| 4 | Copy FEM data from model inputs and paste into OpenBrIM. | |
Completed pier columns is illustrated below.
Copy the desired data with the automatic copy button in the upper left corner. Click on the first cell in and use the Ctrl+V shortcut to paste.  
If icon won’t appear, collapse page tree menu by clicking on arrow or using shortcut “[”.  While pasting large data, it would be handy to turn of Auto-refresh . 
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Pier Column | FEM | ||
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Column PierColumn1 PierCap1 [[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]] 16.5000 0.0000 -40.0000 PierColumn2 PierCap1 [[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]] 5.5000 0.0000 -40.0000 PierColumn3 PierCap1 [[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]] -5.5000 0.0000 -40.0000 PierColumn4 PierCap1 [[600, PierColumnCircle, PierColumnCircle]] -16.5000 0.0000 -40.0000 PierColumn5 PierCap2 [[600, PierColumnRec, PierColumnRec]] 0.0000 0.0000 -40.0000 | Section Data 50.0000 PierColumnCircle PierColumnCircle Section data is the same for PierColumn1,PierColumn2,PierColumn3,PierColumn4 | Section Data 50.0000 PierColumnRec PierColumnRec Section data for PierColumn5 | PierColumn1 Rigid [] Yes 10.0000 PierColumn2 Rigid [] Yes 10.0000 PierColumn3 Rigid [] Yes 10.0000 PierColumn4 Rigid [] Yes 10.0000 PierColumn5 Rigid [] Yes 10.0000 |
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