| Results |
This tab contains the results for the axial/flexural interaction evaluation of the Section Cut. The tabular axial/flexural results are listed for each load combination considered during the design run. The required axial force and moment, the orientation of the moment relative to the local major axis, and the interaction value are listed for each load combination. If the interaction value is greater than one the line is colored red. When a row is selected with the mouse or the arrow keys, the locally and globally-oriented moments corresponding to the load combination are shown below the spreadsheet region. |
| Interaction Surface |
This tab shows the interaction surface diagram for the section cut. There are two possible view modes: the P verses M curve view, and the Mmaj verses Mmin curve view. Either of these is activated by toggling the respective button above the curve display.
The P verses M view shows the two-dimensional axial verses moment capacity curve at the selected angle b from the local major axis. The Mmaj verses Mmin curve view shows the two-dimensional capacity curve at the selected value P. The evaluated load combinations (Pu, Mu,maj, Mu,min) are plotted in the display if they occur within a tolerance of the plane in which the capacity curve lies.
To snap directly to a plane than contains one of the evaluated load combinations, first select the corresponding row on the Results tab, and then select the Interaction Surface tab. This will draw the curve in the plane at which the selected load combination lies.
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| Shear |
This tab contains information about shear design of the wall section.
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| Reinforcing |
This tab contains information about the reinforcing in the walls.
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| Bar Patterns |
This tab allows the user to replace the reinforcing in the selected Wall Panel with a new Bar Pattern. When a new Bar Pattern is selected in the combo box, the reinforcing in the respective Wall Panel (including manual and user-defined reinforcing) is deleted and the bars are placed in the Wall Panel according to the selected Bar Pattern. The Wall Panel that is affected by the change is the Wall Panel the contains the most recently selected Section Cut Segment in the 3D window. This Section Cut Segment is colored orange in the 3D window. In order to save the changes that were made, Update Database must be issued prior to exiting the View/Update dialog. |
| Vertical |
This tab shows information about vertical rebar.
- No.: This column is just a reference number. The actual number has no significance.
- Qty.: This column allows the user to select the number of bar layers used at each location. 1, 2, or 3 bar layers may be used.
- Bar Size: This column allows the user to select the bar size to use.
- X: This column displays the distance from the start of the wall to each bar.
- Start Z: This column displays the distance from the bottom of the wall to the low end of each bar.
- End Z: This column displays the distance from the bottom of the wall to the high end each bar.
If one or more rows are selected in the list, the corresponding bars in the 3D view will be highlighted.
The user may change the quantity or size of any bar in the list and rerun the design. In order to save the changes that were made, Update Database must be issued prior to exiting the View/Update dialog. Once this is done the Wall Panel to which the changes were made is frozen.
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| Horizontal |
This tab shows information about horizontal rebar.
- No.: This column is just a reference number. The actual number has no significance.
- Qty.: This column allows the user to select the number of bar layers used at each location. 1, 2, or 3 bar layers may be used.
- Bar Size: This column allows the user to select the bar size to use.
- Start X: This column displays the distance from the start of the wall to the start of each bar.
- End X: This column displays the distance from the start of the wall to the end of each bar.
- Z: This column displays the distance from the bottom of the wall to each bar.
If one or more rows in the list are selected, the corresponding bars in the 3D view will be highlighted.
The user may change the quantity or size of any bar in the list and rerun the design. In order to save the changes that were made, Update Database must be issued prior to exiting the View/Update dialog. Once this is done the Wall Panel to which the changes were made is frozen.
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| Design Warnings |
This tab displays the design warnings for the selected Section Cut.
There are two types of messages displayed in the Design Warnings sheet:
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 Warning: |
This type of message conveys that, although the design has not failed, further action may need to be taken by the engineer to satisfy a design requirement. |
 Failure: |
The selected Section Cut has failed one of the design checks. |
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