D. To open a model in the Chinese Steel Design workflow

To design steel members per the Chinese GB 50017-2017 code, use the following procedure.

In order to use the Chinese steel design workflow, the steel sections must be from the steel section table or from a user-provided table. Refer to Member Properties for details.

Note: In previous versions, wind and response spectra load cases per the Chinese code were applied within the SSDD application. These loads are now applied in the analytical modeling workflow within STAAD.Pro:

M. To add a GB50009 wind load definition
M. To add a seismic load definition (static load per GB50011-2010)
M. To add a GB 50011-2010 response spectrum

Load combinations should be generated per the GB 50009-2012 specification.

M. To automatically generate load combinations

Open an input file in STAAD.Pro which contains the steel sections to be designed.
Perform a successful analysis.
Select Chinese Steel Design in the Workflows panel.