Member Profile Design Selection dialog

Used to specify a profile selection criteria and select sections for physical members based on an analytical member design performed by the STAAD.Pro design engine.

Opens when STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler is launched after member design has been performed in STAAD.Pro.

Setting	Description
Default selection criteria	Select the criteria by which design sections are selected by the design engine: Max Iz - default Min Iz Max Area Min Area Max Iy Min Iy Max Depth Min Depth
Profile selection	Click the Change Selection drop-down to display the list of design sections for the analytical model as recommended by the design engine. The table is organized by the physical members, with each component analytical member's design section, utilization ratio, and critical case displayed for reference. The Action column is used to indicate which component analytical member's design section should be used for the corresponding physical member's section. Only one profile can be checked for a physical member. If not sections are checked, then the section used in the STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler model is not updated. Note: The right-click pop-up menu contains tools to fill the entire column or table selection with the current cell value. This can be used to quickly set the Action checkboxes for multiple member profiles.

Setting

Description

Default selection criteria

Select the criteria by which design sections are selected by the design engine:

Max Iz - default
Min Iz
Max Area
Min Area
Max Iy
Min Iy
Max Depth
Min Depth

Profile selection

Click the Change Selection drop-down to display the list of design sections for the analytical model as recommended by the design engine. The table is organized by the physical members, with each component analytical member's design section, utilization ratio, and critical case displayed for reference.

The Action column is used to indicate which component analytical member's design section should be used for the corresponding physical member's section. Only one profile can be checked for a physical member. If not sections are checked, then the section used in the STAAD.Pro Physical Modeler model is not updated.

Note: The right-click pop-up menu contains tools to fill the entire column or table selection with the current cell value. This can be used to quickly set the Action checkboxes for multiple member profiles.