Automatic Combinations dialog
This dialog is used to generate a series of load combinations automatically using code-prescribed rules.
Control | Description |
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Code | Select the building code to use for combinations. |
Table | Select the combination table to use. These correspond to the table numbers from the selected code. |
Manage Rules | Click to open the Automatic Load Combination Manager window. This program is used to edit load combination rules, enable notional loads to applied for certain load cases in combinations, and to select the combination method. |
Include Load Groups | Check to include load groups in generated load
combinations.
Note: If this option is inactive, then
you must first select the REPEAT Primary Load Cases
option on the Options dialog Analysis model
tab.
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Include Notional | Check this option to include notional loads. Type the
Notional Factor to use
for generating notional loads (default value is 0.002). When notional loads
are generated, each load combination results in the following four varied
load combinations:
Note: If this option is inactive, then
you must first select the REPEAT Primary Load Cases
option on the Options dialog Analysis model
tab.
|
Combinations to create | Click to display a drop-down list of all the load combinations to be generated. You can uncheck those combinations you want to skip. |
Analysis set | Select the analysis set with which you
want to associate the automatically generated load combinations.
Note: This option is only available when the REPEAT Primary Load
Cases option for Combination Load Cases is selected in
the Options dialog Analysis model
tab.
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