🗼1. Create a Structure

In this step, you'll learn how to create your first tower in Shapemaker. You’ll start by selecting a tower family (like SM-K) and use modular building blocks to build the structure.

🎥 Watch the video:

How to create a structure in Shapemaker

📌 What You'll Do

• Add a new site and structure to your portfolio

• Choose a tower type (monopole, lattice, guyed mast, hybrid, rooftop)

• Build the tower using pre-loaded sections from your tower family

• Preview the geometry in real time

🛠️ Steps to Create a Tower

1. Log in to Shapemaker.

2. From the structures overview page, press + Add to add a new site

3. In the dialog, select the tower family you wish to create a site from. In this demo, select the `SM-K`. Optionally, add a name and a tag.

Shapemaker support structural analysis of lattice structures, guyed masts, monopoles, hybrids (pole + lattice or lattice + pole), as well as standardized rooftops.

1. Your new site will now appear in the structure list. Select the new entry in the list to enter the site. Let's build up our structure by drag and dropping sections into the `Structure sections` box.

Curious how the sections blocks are made? We'll tell you how to onboard your tower family in part 6!

Not all sections fits each other. If the bottom width does not fit the top width, you will not be allowed to combine the sections.

1. You now got a complete tower in Shapemaker, including its geometry, cross-sections, and connections! ✅

Press the arrow on the right side of the screen to open the side model view!