The steel brace design results are shown in the Braces dialog.
The Location of Braces Dialogue
After the analysis is done, you can access it by clicking the Brace command under the Steel Design heading in the ribbon menu Analysis and Design tab .
Braces
Specifications
ID
It is the name of the brace members in the plan.
Section
It is the section used in brace members.
Material
It is the material used in brace members.
Combo
It is the load combination that produces the most unfavorable axial capacity ratio.
Pr
It is the largest axial force calculated using load ratings among the elements forming the brace.
Pn/Omega
Among the elements forming the brace, the most negative is the safe axial strength.
Ratio
It is the axial capacity ratio.
Strength check
It is an information box whose sign changes according to the presence or absence of negativity in the brace section.
Slenderness
It is the slender value of brace members.
Limit value
The maximum permitted slenderness of brace members.
Slenderness check
It is an information box whose sign changes according to whether the delicacy limit is exceeded or not.
Previous
The cursor moves to the previous line.
Next
The cursor goes to the next line.
OK
It saves the changes made and closes the dialog.
Cancel
Closes the dialog without saving the changes made.
Summary Information
The summary information about the line where the cursor is located is given in the name of the dialog in story, pose format.
For example, STORY 1, SBR001
Using the Shift key
In this tab, you can select more than one row with the Shift key, enter a value by double-clicking any cell whose value is open to change, and make that value apply to all selected rows.
Using the Ctrl key
Ctrl key selects the lines in between one by one.
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