D1.E.2 The AISI Steel Section Library

The command-line syntax for assigning steel sections from the AISI library is as explained below.

C-Section with Lips

20 TO 30 TABLE ST 14CS3.75X135
33 36 TABLE ST 12CS1.625X102
42 43 TABLE ST 4CS4X060

Additionally, SSMA stud sections from the AISI tables are included in STAAD.Pro using a similar nomenclature, where CS is used instead of the AISI "S" designation.

44 TO 47 TABLE ST 362CS162-43

C-Section without Lips

SSMA track sections from the AISI tables are included in STAAD.Pro using a similar nomenclature, where CU is used instead of the AISI "T" designation.

50 TO 60 TABLE ST 600CU125-27
32 33 TABLE ST 162CU125-18
21 28 TABLE ST 1000CU125-68

Note: The C-Sections without lips in the format of 3CU1.25X057 can be found in the US/AISI Coldformed Legacy Profiles database.

Z-Section with Lips

1 3 4 TABLE ST 12ZS3.25X105
33 45 TABLE ST 10ZS3.25X065
12 13 TABLE ST 6ZS2.25X059

Z-Section without Lips

2 3 TABLE ST 8ZU1.25X105
4 5 TABLE ST 4ZU1.25X036
6 7 TABLE ST 1.5ZU1.25X048

Equal Leg Angles with Lips

8 9 TABLE ST 4LS4X105
10 11 TABLE ST 3LS3X060
12 13 TABLE ST 2LS2X075

Equal Leg Angles without Lips

1 5 TABLE ST 4LU4X135
7 8 TABLE ST 2.5LU2.5X105
4 9 TABLE ST 2LU2X060

Hat Sections without Lips

4 8 TABLE ST 10HU5X075
5 6 TABLE ST 6HU9X105
1 7 TABLE ST 3HU4.5X135