What does the configurations option in the structural member preoperty manager actually do?

Hey all,

Just a quick question regarding structural members and the options in the property manager.

What does this/these option(s) do? The help file says 'Select the configurations to apply to the structural member:', but I'm not really sure what that means. I'm sure it's straightforward, and any simple example would do nicely. Thanks in advance.

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