EXAMPLE 2. FORMAL STUDY METAL CONSTRUCTION

EXAMPLE 2: 'DESIGN OF A METAL STRUCTURE' 65 After you have entered all the parameters, you are returned to the previous window. Here if you select the command " Apply to all members of the layer " then the parameters you set before for member 61 will be applied to all members of the corresponding layer, i.e. the metal beams. You could create layer groups by typing the name DOKOI 2, selecting different parameters and finally clicking on "create new group". This way the members belonging to the "metal beams" layer would have parameters either from the "beams" group or from the "DOKOI 2" group depending on the assignment you would make to each member. Then you select the " Layer check " command and the calculation of all the members for the combinations you have already defined starts and at the end a green or red square appears where if you click on it you will see the ratios resulting from the bending checks of each member. The results of the buckling tests can be summarized by clicking on "Buckling Layer Investigation" or in detail by clicking on "Buckling Layer Investigation". The files displayed are also the ones generated by the program to create the calculation issue. The same applies to the functionality checks. 6.3.2.1 Consolidation of Members In the new version of the program a new group of commands has been added which concerns the consolidation of metallic members for the calculation and display of the bending and deformation checks based on EC3 . See User Manual § 10.c Sizing). IMPORTANT NOTES: With the use of this tool, it is now possible for the designer to correctly define the initial length of the member per direction to be taken into account in the checks of the bending. This determination was previously made using the known rates: