To assign members to be considered as
secondary
members per the Chinese steel code, use the following
procedure.
The members into
which a secondary member frame will not be considered as restrained when
determining automatic effective length calculations.
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On the Chinese Steel Design ribbon tab,
select the Secondary Member tool in the
Settings group.
The
Assign Secondary Member dialog opens.
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Use one of the following methods to select members for assignment:
Option | Description |
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To assign to a selection |
select one or more members in the model view window and then select
the Assign to Selected Beams option |
To assign to all the members in the current view |
select the Assign to View option |
To assign to a list of members |
select the Assign to Edit List option and
then type the member numbers in the text field |
Tip: You can use tools found in the Beams
group on the Select ribbon tab (e.g.,
Parallel tools) to easily select members for the
Assign to Selected Beams option.
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Click Assign.
Note: You can remove unwanted secondary member assignments by repeating step1 and then
using the Remove button to remove assignments for all or
selected members.