EXAMPLE 2. FORMAL STUDY METAL CONSTRUCTION

EXAMPLE 2: 'DESIGN OF A METAL STRUCTURE' 15 For example, if you insert a metal structure on top of a concrete structure (which you have already inserted in the design environment) and click on the top left node of the latter, then the steel structure will be placed as you can see in the figure below and indeed where there are common nodes of concrete and steel columns these will be automatically identified by the program. OBSERVATION: The above feature is a very useful tool especially for composite structures, since the time required for the description of the structure is reduced to a minimum, thus increasing the productivity of the designer.