The User-Provided Steel Tables may be created and maintained as separate files. The same files may be used for all models using sections from these tables. These files should reside in the same directory where the input file is located.
START USER TABLE
TABLE 1 TFILE1
TABLE 2 TFILE2
END
Where TFILE1 and TFILE2 are names of files which must be created prior to running STAAD, and where the file TFILE1 contains the following:
On each file the first table should contain a UNITS command.
UNIT . . .
WIDE FLANGE
W14X30
8.85 13.84 .27 6.73 .385 291. 19.6 .38 0 0
W21X50
14.7 20.83 .38 6.53 .535 984 24.9 1.14 7.92 0
W14X109
32. 14.32 0.525 14.605 .86 1240 447 7.12 7.52 0
and the file TFILE2 contains:
UNIT . . .
ANGLES
L25255
2.5 2.5 .3125 .489 0 0
L40404
4. 4. .25 .795 0 0
