The Design Forces tab is used for the Quick Connections functionality.
The
Quick Connections functionality allows you to automatically create connections between the steel elements inside a model, based on different rules. This functionality is only available for the AISC design module. The automatically created connections are calculated according to the AISC module, and pre-sized in order to withstand the efforts displayed on the Design Forces tab.
Note: The Design Forces tab in the Beam dialog is only available if the "Display Uniform Loads (Design Efforts) page" default in the Management Tools is activated. To activate this default:
- In the Home tab
Settings panel, click
(Management Tools).
- In the Defaults tab of the Management Tools Beam General, check the box for Display Uniform Loads (Design Efforts) page.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Automatic values check box | Checked by default. The default percentages are editable from the Joint Design global parameters tab, in the connection properties dialogs. If you uncheck the box, the percentage columns become user-editable. The beams will keep the values that you edited and will pre-size the connection according to them. |
| Standard | Using this combo box you can pre-size the automatically created connection according to the AISC-LRFD or AISC-ASD design modules. The default design module is set inside Joint Design global parameters tab, in the connection properties dialogs. |
| The joints that are capable to work on moment action will be calculated at a moment value equivalent to the capable moment (elastic or plastic) of secondary beam sections. | |
| M Plastic | The capable plastic moment of the beam is calculated using the plastic section modulus and the beam material yield stress. The plastic modulus of the section will be read from the AstorProfiles.mdf database and the material yield stress from the AstorBase.mdf database. |
| M Elastic | The capable elastic moment of the beam is calculated using the elastic section modulus and the beam material yield stress. The elastic modulus of the section will be read from the AstorProfiles.mdf database and the material yield stress from the AstorBase.mdf database. |
| The joints that are capable to work on shear action will be calculated at a shear force equivalent to the capable shear force (elastic or plastic) of secondary beam sections. | |
| TR Plastic | The capable plastic shear force of the beam associated to the "Uniform Load" test case. |
| TR Elastic | The capable elastic shear force of the beam associated to the "Uniform Load" test case. |
| VR | The capable shear force strength of the beam. |
| Py | The capable axial force strength of the beam. From the drop down menu, you can select if this is compression or tension. |
Note: You can set the units displayed between square brackets, using the
Project Settings dialog.