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title: "Creating a Scaffold Bay with Side Brackets"
slug: "creating-a-scaffold-bay-with-side-brackets"
updated: 2024-08-13T09:14:38Z
published: 2024-08-13T09:14:38Z
canonical: "docs.avontus.com/creating-a-scaffold-bay-with-side-brackets"
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# Creating a Scaffold Bay with Side Brackets

Use Avontus Designer's Cantilever/Brackets function to add side brackets onto a Standard Bay.

To create a Bay with side brackets:

1. Either create a new drawing or open an existing drawing.
2. [Add a Bay to the Drawing Page](/v1/docs/adding-a-bay-to-a-drawing-page).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/Side%20brackets%201.gif)
3. Click the Bay, to highlight it.
4. Click the **Scaffold** tab and click the **Side Settings** dropdown.
5. Click the **R** and **B** in **the Cantilevers/Brackets** group to enable them and click **OK.**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/side%20brackets%202(1).gif)

Avontus Designer adds the side brackets. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/55fb4819-9ce3-4ac8-8ee1-fda5cfe39eef.png) ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/615104a1-e906-46c2-8186-af5922c4912e.png)