D6.A.1 General Comments
In the STAAD.Pro implementation, members are proportioned to resist the design loads without exceeding the limit states of strength, stability and serviceability. Accordingly, the most economic section is selected on the basis of the least weight criteria, as augmented by the designer in specification of allowable member depths, desired section type, or other related parameters. The code checking portion of the program verifies that code requirements for each selected section are met and also identifies the governing criteria.
The next few sections describe the salient features of STAAD.Pro implementation of Design Rules for Structural
Steelwork.
A detailed description of the design process, along with its underlying
concepts and assumptions, is available in the specification document.