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21. Now we will confirm the unbraced length ratios that were used. From the Design menu,
select Display Design Info… to display the Display Design Results dialog box.
22. In this dialog box:
Select the Design Input option.
In the design input drop-down box select Unbraced L_ratios.
Click the OK button to display the unsupported length ratios. They are displayed as
Major Unbraced Length Ratio, Minor Unbraced Length Ratio.
23. If you wanted to print a picture of the model with the unbraced length ratios displayed you
could do so by selecting Print Graphics from the File menu now.
24. If you wanted to print design information to the printer, or to a file, you could do so by
selecting Print Design Tables… from the File menu and completing the resulting dialog
box. Note that if you select members prior to entering this dialog box, you have the option of
printing output for the selected members only.
25. Click the Show Undeformed Shape button to clear the display of unsupported length
ratios.
26. Click the Set Elements button on the main toolbar (or select Set Elements… from the
View menu). This displays the Set Elements Dialog box.
27. In this dialog box uncheck the Hide box in the Shells area and click the OK button. This will
turn the display of shells back on.
The completes the review of performing a steel design stress check. This also completes Part 1
of this tutorial.
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