Load combinations can be generated by the program and/or defined by the engineer. Load combinations must be defined before any post-processing can be done.

After the Steel Design Code dialog is closed the Load Combination Generation dialog box appears. This dialog is used to select a desired building code and automatically generate load combinations based on those load cases previously analyzed. The engineer can select to include any or none of the load cases in the generated list of combinations. Click the Apply button after selecting the appropriate load cases to automatically generate and view load combinations in this dialog. After load combinations are generated the engineer can decide which combinations to consider in the design. All rows of load combinations with the Use check box selected will be considered during post-processing.

When this dialog is closed the user can return to view or change their combinations by selecting the Combinations-Generate command.

Custom load combinations (where the user can select their own load factors) can be generated in the dialog displayed by selecting Combinations-Custom.

Once load combinations have been defined and selected, the Process commands become available. The Code Check, View/Update and Reports commands can then be used as described in the next several sections.

Refer to the Load Combination Generator Manual for more information about this component.