🗼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.
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📌 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
Log in to Shapemaker.
From the structures overview page, press
+ Add
to add a new siteIn 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.
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.

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