Configuration

The Configuration dialog box is used to define parameters applied in verification of a steel member (the Chinese steel code). The dialog box opens on pressing the Configuration button in the Calculations dialog box. The dialog box shown below appears on screen then.

The following calculation parameters may be defined in the above dialog box:

In the middle part of the dialog box, as well, the user may choose internal forces to be taken into account in member code calculations; switching on an option (e.g. Fx) results in the Fx force being considered in calculations. Moreover, units for presentation of results of the member design may be selected here. The results may be presented in the units used in the Chinese steel code, or in the units applied in the Robot program.

The lower part of the dialog box holds the list for selection of a load case (dead load), for which the displacements calculated will be treated as structure camber. The option Take the deflections from the following case into consideration must be switched on then.