AUTOMATED DESIGN OF STEEL BUILDINGS

ANALYSIS & DESIGN RESULTS
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• Static analysis results: member moments, forces, displacements
• Design tables for members: forces, moments, utilization ratios, deflections all for gravity, lateral loads and critical load combination
• Lists of structural profiles, sorted by weight and shape
• Bill of materials: structural steel, shear studs, doubler plates, fire protection areas, concrete volume, reinforcing and framework for walls, floor finish area, all sorted by floor levels and types of members
• Construction costs: listed by types of members and construction materials

The formats of the reports, sign conventions and units of measurement are in general compliance with manual design and drafting practice. For example, compression forces are positive, member forces and moments are in ft.-kips, deflections and member sizes are in inches, member spans and floor/wall areas are in ft.. Similar conventions are used for designs executed in SI units.