Steel Column Design Results
Steel column design results and failure conditions for steel columns are displayed in the Steel Columns dialog. The PMM ratios are shown in the Steel Columns dialog. In the Details tab, material and section properties, internal force values, axial compressive strength, bending moment strength in strong and weak axis, design variables and lateral stiffness coefficients (K coefficient, L factor, etc.) and PMM ratio are displayed.
Location of Steel Columns Dialog
After the analysis is done, you can access it by clicking the Column command under the Steel Design heading in the ribbon menu Analysis and Design tab.

Steel Columns

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ID ![]() It is the name of the steel column in the plan. |
Section ![]() It is the section used in a steel column. |
Materiel ![]() It is the material used in steel column. |
PMM Ratio ![]() It is the ratio of requirement to section capacity (PMM Ratio = Need/Capacity). |
Combo. ![]() It is the load combination that produces the most unfavorable PMM ratio. |
Maj-Shr-Ratio ![]() It is the ratio of the shear force in the major direction of the section to the capacity in the major direction. |
Combo ![]() It is the load combination that produces the most unfavorable stress ratio in the major direction. |
Min-Shr-Ratio ![]() It is the ratio of the shear force in the minor direction of the section to the capacity in the minor direction. |
Combo ![]() It is the load combination that produces the most negative stress ratio in the minor direction. |
Strength check ![]() It is an information box whose sign changes depending on whether there is a negative aspect in the section or not. |
Slenderness ![]() It is the slenderness value of the steel column. |
Limit Value ![]() It is the maximum slenderness value allowed in the steel column. |
Slenderness check ![]() This is an information box whose sign changes depending on whether the slenderness limit is exceeded or not. |
Details ![]() Design details are shown in detail. |
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 Layer, pose format. ![]() For example BASE STORY, SC001 |
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. |
Design Details

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Schematic drawing ![]() |
Section properties ![]() It is the part where the name and geometric properties of the section take place. |
Material properties ![]() The properties of the steel material used in the section are listed. |
Forces and moments ![]() Internal forces occurring in the element, belonging to the selected load combination, are shown in this section. |
Combo ![]() The load combination is selected. |
Demand/capacity ratio ![]() The demand/capacity ratio in the section of the selected load combination is displayed. |
Shear check ![]() The shear capacity ratio of the steel column is shown. |
Axial force and biaxial bending check ![]() The axial capacity and moment capacity ratios of the steel column are shown. |
Design factors ![]() K factor: It is the effective length factor used in calculations. |
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