Chapter 5 — Design and Optimize the Model

Check Steel Frame

Design, Step 16
Steel stress check
information as ob-
tained by right-
clicking on a column
member, highlighting
the load combination
and location in the
member that controls
the design.

16. Zoom into the structure and right-click on a column at the

bottom (part of “STORY1”.) This opens the Steel Stress
Check Information form.

17. The top of the form should show the story and column label.
The Analysis Section is “W14X211”, and the Design Sec-
tion is “W14X109”. The important thing to understand here
is that the analysis results were based on the weight and
stiffness of the assumed “W14X211” section, and these
analysis results were used to select the “W14X109” section.
We will need to iterate later to validate this selection.

18. The scroll box in the middle of the form shows the results
obtained at each location in the member for each of the de-
sign combos. These results include the P-M interaction ratios
and the shear ratios. The highlighted line is the location and
combo that controls the design.

19. Click the Details button to open the Steel Stress Check In-
formation UBC97-ASD form, which shows all the details of
the design-check calculations for the highlighted combo and
location. See the figure below.

20. You can print this form from the File menu on the form.
Click the Close Window button, , in the upper right cor-
ner of the form to close it.

21. Click the Overwrite button to open the Steel Frame Design
Overwrites form. This shows the various parameters that are

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