The parent member is the supporting member of your connection assembly. When inside the connection UI, press the ‘Parent Member’ button to bring up a popup to edit view/edit these options.
![press parent member button to bring up popup press parent member button to bring up popup](https://skyciv.com/documentation/connection-design/getting-started/parent-member/press_parent_member_button_to_bring_up_popup.png)
Integrated
When using connection design integrated with SkyCiv S3D, the section and material properties will be taken from the member that was chosen in the summary table. These values will not be directly editable here. To change the values, you will need to change the section and/or material properties back in the Model. This is however not the case for ‘Standalone’ connection design which you can read more about below.
![view connection assembly parent member options view connection assembly parent member options](https://skyciv.com/documentation/connection-design/getting-started/parent-member/view_connection_assembly_parent_member_options.png)
Standalone
Standalone connection design allows you to directly edit the material properties of your parent member.
![standalone options for parent member popup standalone options for parent member popup](https://skyciv.com/documentation/connection-design/getting-started/parent-member/standalone_options_for_parent_member_popup.png)
![section database popup to pick a database section section database popup to pick a database section](https://skyciv.com/documentation/connection-design/getting-started/parent-member/section_database_popup_to_pick_a_database_section.png)