M. To manually add physical member restraints
To manually add physical member restraints for assignment to physical members, use the following procedure.
- In the Analytical Modeling workflow page controls, select the Design page.
- Select AS4100 as the Current Code in the Steel Design - Whole Structure dialog.
- Click Define Parameters. The Design Parameters dialog opens.
- Select the PBRACE parameter.
- For each brace point, specify a fraction of the total physical member length in the Brace Location cell.
- Select the type of restraint present for the top or bottom flange.
- Click Add. The new command appears in the tree as a child element of the current design parameter set.
- Click Close. The design parameters are marked with an icon. This indicates that the need to be assigned to members.
- Use one of the STAAD.Pro assignment methods to assign each parameter to the applicable members.