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There is no difference unless you modify their behavior. See discussion of behavior in “Slab area properties” on page 56 and “Beam properties” on page 57. The difference in only in the modeling, a beam always has two parallel edges offset from the two end points, while a slab area polygon can be any shape in plan.
