Load Report dialog

Use this dialog as a calculator in order to prepare load reports.

Access

• Click Loads Special Loads Load Report.

The left side of the dialog has options for calculating as well as saving and reading a load report.

New

Defines a new set name. (Current load set is deleted.)

Save

Saves the load set being defined.

Delete

Deletes the selected set from the list.

Note

Opens the text editor with data from the current load report.

Load set

Contains the list of the saved load sets. You can also use this box todefine a name of a new load set. The name (label) of a set is used as its identifier and is provided in a note.

Moves the selected line up one position in the load report table.

Moves the currently selected line down one position in the load report table.

Deletes the currently selected line from the load report table.

Deletes all the lines from the load report table.

Load report table

Displays the following data about the total load.

• Load name.
• Unit load value (density or planar load) from the database.
• Layer thickness value - For density, the value can be changed. The default value is 10 cm (for planar loads, this field is not available). Section dimensions are the units of measurement.
• Value for serviceability loading:
  • For density, it is: (unit weight)*(thickness).
  • For planar loads, it is a unit weight.

  load unit: force/length^2

• Value of the Load factor Gf - Default values are saved and taken from the database.
• Value of the Factored loading equals the product (serviceability loading)* (load factor)

  unit: force/length^2.

• The last table row displays the totals of serviceability and factored loading. It also specifies a value of the average load factor, which is the quotient of the sum of factored loads and the sum of serviceability loads.

Loading

Displays options for calculating the concentrated or linear forces resulting from the (serviceability and factored) planar load p.

• Concentrated load - Calculated as follows: A*B*p. Unit: force.
• Linear load - Calculated as follows: A*p (B dimension is inaccessible). Unit: force/length.
• Planar load: value of p (dimensions A, B are not available). Unit: force/length^2.

The right side of the dialog has options that support the unit load database.

Loads

Allows you to select a load from the database. Click < to add a load to the load report.

Database

Displays the name of the database of unit loads.

Note: To change the database, click Tools Job Preferences, and then select another database from the Standard loads section of the Job Preferences dialog.

Selection list

The contents of the selection list depend on the selected load type: Material weight, Element weight, Soil weight or Variable loads. The selection of the material type depends on the database contents (NAME field, GROUPS table): Concrete, Timber-derivative materials, Roofing, etc.

Database content

Displays the content of the unit load data.

Note: A weight unit depends on the selected type. If it is material weight, then force/length^3 is the unit. If it is element weight, then force/length^2 is the unit.

Edit load database

Opens the DATA Table dialog which allows you to modify elements of the database.