EXAMPLE 5. NEW BUILDING DESIGN FROM LOAD-BEARING MASONRY

EXAMPLE 5: 'DESIGN OF A LOAD-BEARING MASONRY BUILDING' 51 6.5 Control Total To automatically carry out the 7 adequacy checks of all certain walls. The process of the checks is done by the program per "lane" horizontally and vertically. Certain walls or passages are "scanned" horizontally and vertically, thus calculating the intensive magnitudes per "strip" (surface series) in both directions. During the 'scan' the 'stripes' are coloured according to result obtained for that particular control. (red = deficiency, blue-green = sufficiency) After the process of checks are completed by selecting the commands: the results of the 7 tests of the selected wall are displayed the total results of the 7 checks of all 7 walls A better and more detailed display of these results can be obtained through "Prints"