For steel design, STAAD.Pro compares the actual design forces with the capacities as defined by the Indian Standard Code. The IS 800: 2007 Code is used as the basis of this design.

A brief description of some of the major capacities is described herein.

The following commands should be used to initiate design per Limit State Method of this code:

PARAMETER n

CODE IS800 LSD

The following commands should be used to initiate design per Working Stress Method of this code:

PARAMETER n

CODE IS800 WSD

Where:

• n = optional integer (i.e., - 1, 2) which signifies the numerical order of parameter command block (if multiple blocks are specified).