13. OPTIMIZATION

CHAPTER 13 'OPTIMISATION' 9 1.2.3 Unit Cost of Production By using the above command you can specify the following the labour hours of production (hours/unit of production) per building element and per material. In the last field "Labour Cost" you enter the labour cost per hour. 1.3 Design Constraints Design Constraints in the Optimization Process. The way of imposing design constraints in the optimization process (OCP) of structures analyzed and designed in Scada Pro, follows a logical hierarchy that starts from general - total constraints applied to each category of structural elements (columns, beams, plates), continues to a more specific level of selection of cross-sections with the structural elements they include, to reach the level of grouping of individual linear or surface elements. These constraints concern either minimum and maximum dimension limits and their step of variation, or the "locking" of dimension or dimensions, i.e. to keep them (the dimensions) unchanged regardless of whether they belong to a type of cross-section or to specific structural elements. More specifically, the first level of defining the boundaries within which the dimensions of the building elements will take values is done using the "Design Boundaries" command which belongs to the Basic Settings subsection.