Complete Deck Specification Prior to Placement
- Select the Place Deck tool. The Place Deck dialog appears.
- Set the steel deck DataGroup type and instance to Steel Decks and Floor Deck respectively.
- Keep Kind set to Table.
- Select ASC from the Organization drop-down. Revision is automatically set so you can begin searching for a deck profile.
- Select one of the profiles from the Profile Name drop-down. The profile’s properties are updated with the top, bottom and diagonal widths and depth.
- Specify the steel decking material thickness by selecting one from the Thickness drop-down.
- (Optional) Override the standard manufacturer decking Sheet Width by manually entering a new value.
- Turn on the Concrete Fill option. The Concrete Fill and Composite Deck settings are enabled.
- Set the Concrete Fill > Concrete DataGroup Type and Instance to Slab and Concrete Fill respectively.
- Set the Composite Deck DataGroup Type and Instance to Slab and Composite Slab respectively.
- Enter an overall thickness for the steel decking and concrete fill composite.
- (Optional) Enable the Display Sheet option to fully display the individual steel sheets that make up the steel decking.