EXAMPLE 3. NON-STANDARD STUDY METAL CONSTRUCTION

EXAMPLE 3: 'DESIGN OF A METAL STRUCTURE' 63 The cross-section check is done globally for all elements in a layer. For each intensive quantity, the program identifies the element with the worst value for that quantity. The first column is the layers that exist in this study and in the following columns are the types of metallic cross-sections that exist in these layers. In this particular example, the metal supports of the structure with cross-section HEA220 have been placed in the layer "Metallic Supports". Correspondingly, the metal beams have been placed in the "Metal Beams" layer and the corresponding members in the other layers. In SCADA Pro you are given the opportunity to create your own layer thus grouping the types of cross-sections. For example, you could create a layer called "Metal columns Prominent" and place all the columns on the left side of the building on it. The logic is like that AUTOCAD : similar objects in one layer. In this way you will notice that you can more easily and massively dimension steel sections and members. You could use the same technique to create a layer and include only one element in it. So you can dimension only that. By selecting the command " Dimension all " the cross-sections for all combinations will be automatically checked and the groups - layers in which no cross-section fails will be displayed in green and the groups in which even one cross-section has exceeded the unit, i.e. has failed, will be displayed in red.