This manual is about Steel Designer, a structural steel design application for the Windows operating system. Steel Designer is an add-on module to the Multiframe structural analysis software.
Chapter
1
; provides an overview of Steel
Designer and it's capabilities. Once you are familiar with the basic concepts
and knowledge required to use Steel Designer, you may refer to the detailed
instructions in Chapter two.
Chapter
2
Using Steel Designer; gives step-by-step instructions of how to use
Steel Designer. It describes all the commands and functionality provided by
Steel Designer except for the details specific to each of the design codes. The
following chapters provide the information particular to each design codes
supported by Steel Designer.
Chapter
3
ASD and AIJ; describes the design checks, dialogs and
design properties specific to the American ASD and Japanese AIJ allowable
stress steel design codes.
Chapter
4
AS4100 and NZS3404; the design checks, capabilities and
limitations, dialogs and design properties specific to the Australian AS4100
and New Zealand NZS3404 limit state steel design codes.
Chapter
5
LRFD;
describes the design checks, capabilities and limitations, dialogs and
design properties specific to the American LRFD limit state steel design code.
Chapter
6
BS5950;
describes the design checks, capabilities and limitations, dialogs and design
properties specific to the British BS5950 limit state steel design code.
Chapter
7
AS/NZS4600; describes the design checks, capabilities and
limitations, dialogs and design properties specific to the AS/NZS4600 steel
design code.
Chapter
8
AISI; describes how the user can specify an
alternative set of design rules that can be used by Steel Designer when
designing a frame.
Chapter
9
User Code; explains how to enter custom design rules.
Chapter
10
Steel Designer Reference; describes gives an overview of the windows
and menus of Steel Designer and a summary of the commands
used.