Design Toolbar
The design toolbar and icons are found at the bottom of the frame graphics area and in the bottom design tabs.
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Move to Previous/Next design brief - member design group. |
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Edit member design groups. Add and remove members from design groups. |
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Move to Auto Size Member brief and display the Automatic Design options. If an Auto Size brief is not present one is added. |
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Display sway stability, snap through, fire boundary, and nodal displacement design checks. |
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Side Rails and Torsional Restraints (Detailed Checks). Carries out detailed checks on the lateral torsional buckling and provides access to edit the lateral and torsional restraints of the selected member. |
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Displays the member load and forces at the top of the calculation window |
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Scan current view for failures |
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Step through failures detected by the scan for failures function |
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Display members maximum unity ratio (after scan for failures) |
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Display maximum unity ratio on the critical member in each section size per design group (after scan for failures) |
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Display failing members maximum unity ratio |
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Draw Plastic Hinges Formed |
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Label Plastic Hinges with Load Factor Formed at |
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Export the current design brief to Printer/PowerPad |
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Export design output to Printer/PowerPad. Select design output from all member portions to send to export. |