Load combinations may be generated automatically by invoking the Combinations – Generate command. All of the Load Combination templates associated with the selected Design Code currently in use will be listed. A template is selected by selecting a Code in the Code for Combinations combo box. When a template is selected, the default parameters are shown and may be modified to meet the engineer’s needs.

Load combinations are displayed as a text string. When in Generation mode, these load combinations cannot be edited or deleted (although they can be de-selected). Buttons are available to Copy, Paste, Select All, De-select All, Invert Selection and Delete. When in Generation mode the Paste and Delete buttons are inactive (see Figure 1).

When the user exits the dialog, the Code for Combinations (i.e. the template used) and the parameters used to generate combinations are saved along with the generated combinations.

If no generated combinations are desired, “-None-“ should be selected from the Code for Combinations list.