Design Options
- Fully interactive and graphical steel, concrete and aluminium frame member design
- Design for static and dynamic load
- Ductile and non-ductile design
- Member grouping for design envelopes
- Automatic drift optimization for steel and aluminium members
- Comprehensive, color coded, graphical display of design results on the model
- Detailed onscreen design information with a right button click
- Concrete column axial load - biaxial moment interaction diagram
Extensive tabular design results available that can be sent to the following:
- Onscreen viewing
- Printer
- Text File
- Microsoft Excel workbook
- Microsoft Access database
- HTML file that can be displayed in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Steel frame design that supports that following design codes:
- AISC ASD 89
- AISC LRFD 93
- API RP2A WSD 2000
- API RP2A LRFD 97
- ASCE 10-97
- BS59950-90
- BSS5950-2000
- CISC 95
- Eurocode 3-1993
- Indian UNI 10011
- UBC 97 ASD
- UBC 97 LRFD
Concrete frame design that supports the following design codes:
- ACI 318-99
- BS 8110-89
- BS 8110 97
- CSA-A23 3-94
- Eurocode 2-1992
- Indian IS 456-2000
- Italian DM 14-2-92
- Mexican RCDF 2001
- NZS 3101-95
- UBC 97
Aluminum frame design supports the following design codes:
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