Steel Joist Selection Summary
This output provides a listing of every steel joist selection and designation in the structure. The joists are listed according to type (Standard, Girder, and Special). For each joist, specific important information is provided:
- The joist ID number
- The span length
The design loads for Standard Joists, Constant Shear Joists and Joist Girders:
- WDL represent the uniform Dead Load
- WLL represents the uniform Live Load
- WTL represents the uniform Total Load
- Wmax represents the maximum uniform load
- Pmax represents the maximum concentrated load
- Vmax represents the maximum shear
- Mmax represents the maximum moment
- PDL represents the concentrated Dead Load
- PLL represents the concentrated Live Load
- PTL represents the concentrated Total Load
- The maximum and minimum moments for Special Joists
- The joist size
An asterisk after the joist size indicates that the joist is inadequate. This can occur with user-selected sizes. A "u" after the size indicates that the size shown has been assigned by the user. With this output every joist designation in the structure can quickly be reviewed.