D8.A.1 General Comments
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).