Precast/Prestressed Girder Help

Design Parameters

The Edit button in the Data Modification area opens the Design Parameters screen. From the Design Parameters screen the following items can be edited for the selected beam:

• Prestress Losses

• Transform Steel

• Allowable Stresses

• Effective Width

• Prestressing Tendon

• Materials

All parameters entered prior to this screen apply to all beams in the project; however, you can modify any of the parameters for a specific beam on the Beam Tab. This change will only apply to the selected beam, all other beams will maintain the project level values.