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Step 20: Performing a Steel Design Stress Check
Now we will perform a steel design stress check.
1. From the Options menu, click Preferences… to display the Preferences dialog box.
2. In this dialog box:
Select the Steel tab.
Click the Steel Design Code drop-down box to review the available options. Select the
AISC-ASD89 option.
Click the OK button to close the Preferences dialog box.
3. Click on the Design menu. Note that the Steel Design option on the menu is checked
indicating a steel design will be done.
Note: Either the Steel Design or Concrete Design option can be checked on the Design
menu, but not both at the same time.
4. On the Design menu choose Select Design Combos. The Design Load Combinations
Selection dialog box is displayed.
Note: SAP2000 automatically creates appropriate load combinations for the selected design
code. For this model, using AISC-ASD89, these ten default load combinations will
include DL, DL + LL, DL + LL + EQX, DL + LL - EQX, DL + LL + EQY, DL + LL –
EQY, DL +EQX, DL – EQX, DL + EQY and DL – EQY.
5. In this dialog box:
Click on the DSTL1 combination in the Design Combos box to highlight it.
Click the Show button to review the combination.
Note: Clicking the Remove button when a Design Combo is highlighted will remove that
combination from the Design Combo box and put it in the List of Combos box. Only
the design combinations in the Design Combo box are in the design stress check.
Note: You can also add your own combinations to the design combinations. To define a
new load combination, click Load Combinations… on the Define menu. To add the
new load combination to the design list, highlight the new load combination name,
that will be in the List of Combos box in the Design Load Combinations Selection
dialog box, and click the Add button.
Review the other combinations in a similar manner.
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