| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | STAAD.Pro | ||
| Version(s): | All | ||
| Environment: | N/A | ||
| Area: | Design | ||
| Subarea: | American Steel Design | ||
| Original Author: | Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
I would like to perform code checking on a 8" x 2 1/2" x 10 Gage channel per the AISI Coldformed steel code. But this channel is not listed in the sections available in your database. Can I assign it using a user provided table?
At present, sections whose data is specified using a "User Provided Table" (see section 5.19 of the Technical reference manual for details) cannot be designed or checked per the AISI code. However, the following approach may be used to get around this limitation.
You may add your section to the STAAD AISI section database, so that your section becomes a permanent part of the database. This can be done using the following method.
From the Tools menu, select Modify Section database. The various steel databases available in the program will be listed in a dialog box. You will find ColdFormed (US) at the end of this list. Expand this list, and choose Channel with Lips or Channel without Lips as the case may be. On the right half of the dialog box, the Add option will become activated. Select that, and you will now be provided with an interface through which you can add your channel to the list. Save and Close it.
You can now go to the Commands menu, and choose Member property - Steel Table - AISI Table to obtain visual confirmation that this new section is permanently included among the list of channel sections. You should now be able to assign this new section to the members through the usual property pages and menus.