Design Modules

Once a frame has been analysed you can design the frame members according to their material. The program will carry the moments, shears and axial forces and deflections from the analysis seamlessly into the design modules so you can accurately design the building. If you select a design module and the frame hasn’t yet been analysed or needs to be reanalysed after a change has been made in the model, you will be prompted to analyse it after which it will carry on through into the design module. Each set of materials can be designed in turn from the same model.

Design modules include steel member design, composite deck steel beam member design, steel connection design, concrete beam, column and pad design, concrete slab design, concrete slab deflection and crack control, pile cap design and timber member design.

If members are sized or resized in the design modules, the frame should subsequently be reanalysed and the members checked that they are still satisfactory.