# Steel flat bar

> Component kind `steel-flat-bar` (category `static`, DSL name `steelFlatBar`, API v1)

Solid rectangular steel bar (barra chata) for braces, straps, feet and gussets. Width along local X, thickness along local Y, length along local Z.

## Parameters

- **`width`** — Bar width (mm, local X). Commercial: 16, 20, 25, 32, 38, 50, 75.
- **`thickness`** — Bar thickness (mm, local Y). Commercial: 3, 4.76, 6.35, 8, 9.53, 12.7.
- **`length`** — Length along the local Z axis (mm).

## Parameters schema

| Parameter | Type | Default | Constraints |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `width` | Number | 38 | min: 5 |
| `thickness` | Number | 4.76 | min: 1 |
| `length` | Number | 1000 | min: 10 |
| `color` | String | — |  |

## Ports

| Port | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `body` | `rigid` | Rigid structural port. Weld or bolt it against other members; carries no motion. |

## Example

```
statics.steelFlatBar({
  id: 'brace', width: 38, thickness: 4.76, length: 600,
});
```