I am designing as per AISC 360-10 code and using Imperial units Kip-Feet. When I double click on the members and look at the Steel Design tab, the Design strength and Critical Loads are reported in Kip-INCH units. How can I change these to KIP-FT units ?

The units that you see within the Steel Design tab of the member query cannot be changed. If your current unit settings, which is governed by the last UNIT command before the CHECK CODE/SELECT command, is in Imperial/English units, the Design strength and Critical Loads will always be reported in Kip-inch units as shown next.

Similarly if you are working with Metric units, the Design strength and Critical Loads will always be reported in KN-M units.

However you can control the units in which the design is reported in the analysis output file ( ANL file ). You can set your own units by adding the UNIT FEET KIP command before the design command ( CHECK CODE for example ) and then the forces and capacities would be reported in KIP-FT units in the ANL file as shown next

Sample Input

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PARAMETER 2

CODE AISC UNIFIED 2010

METHOD ASD

FYLD 7200 all

…

UNIT FEET KIP

CHECK CODE ALL

FINISH

Sample Output ( in the ANL file )