The upper table in this pad shows the existing load managements, the lower table shows all the stages where the connected Load Cases are calculated.

One load management can consist of max. 3 Load Cases and max. 3 envelopes. All results from connected Load Cases will be added to each Summation Load Case. The Load Case connection with a certain load management is set in menu 'Load Case'.

The different Load Case Categories can be viewed, edited, copied, modified or deleted by using the 'Edit functions' on the top of the window.

The Load Manager is used to automatically add load cases into Summation Load Cases (and envelopes) immediately after they have been calculated. The function creates a table of Load Case Categories.     Appropriate superposition rules are assigned to each of these categories. These categories are objects, which are assigned in the Load Case Definition to the different load cases. Whenever a load case with a valid assigned category is calculated, the required superposition actions are automatically determined and performed. Each load case category gets a user defined name, which is used as a reference in the load case definition.    Up to three summation load cases and three envelopes may be defined for each category. This allows for instance for creating a summation load case, where all self weight load cases (e.g. SW) are accumulated, another one where all permanent weight load cases (e.g. SW+DL) are accumulated, and a third one containing all permanent load cases (e.g. SW+DL+PT+CS).

All superposition operators can be used for automatically superimposing load cases of a certain category into an envelope. This superposition into an envelope may also be performed for another than the currently calculated load case. This load case must be specified by the user. 

Indeed, this option is very common, and advantageously used for searching the most unfavorable state of the summation load case accumulated throughout the schedule. The summation load case (e.g. STG-SUM) is in this case defined as the load case to be superimposed using the superposition rule SupOrLc. The current contents of the summation load case is compared with the contents of the envelope, and replaced if necessary. Finally, the envelope will contain the worst state arising during the schedule.