Column Design Summary
This output provides a listing of every gravity column design in the structure. For each column, only abbreviated information is provided.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Column Line Grid Label: | This is the column line grid label. It represents the top co-ordinate or grid location of the top column and top co-ordinate or grid location of the bottom column in a column line. If the top columns top coordinates and bottom columns top coordinates are the same then only one is listed in the label. |
| LC: | This is the controlling load case number. Refer to the Technical Notes (Chapter 3) for a description of the load cases. |
| Interaction Eq.: | This is the controlling interaction equation result with the corresponding formula reference. The acceptability of the column can be quickly determined from this value. |
| Angle: | This is the orientation, in degrees, of the column web with respect to the global X‑axis. For example, if the web is parallel to the X‑axis, the orientation angle is 0.0 degrees; if the web is perpendicular to the X‑axis, the orientation is 90.0 degrees. |
| Size: | This is the designed column size. It is either the optimum size selected by the RAM Steel Column module or the user selected size. If RAM Steel Column cannot compute the optimum size from the trial groups then No Design is shown for the column size in the report. Similarly, if the RAM Steel column encounters situation where it cannot design a column then Cannot Design is shown for the column size in the report. |