Auto Restraining of Members

The auto restrain features,

takes the specified equal spacing and tests for failures in each portion. In portions where the restraints are inadequate, their spacing is modified and stored. All members in a group are checked with a single arrangement of restraints being applied to the group.

If an Appendix-G stability check has been applied to the active group auto restrain continues to determine the optimum location of torsional stability stays. Note: If an equal spacing value has not been defined the auto restrain function is disabled.