Form: Lateral Bracing
Use the Design menu > {Steel Frame, Steel Joist} Design > Lateral Bracing command to bring up the Lateral Bracing form and designate if lateral bracing is program determined or user specified.
Select a steel frame/steel joist
Click the Design menu > {Steel Frame, Steel Joist} Design > Lateral Bracing command.
Choose the Program Determined or User Specified option.
If the User Specified option is selected, the following buttons become enabled.
Specify Point Bracing button. Clicking this button will display the Point Braces form. Specify the relative distance or an absolute distance of the point brace from I-end of the frame element. Also specify if the point is on the top or bottom of the frame element. Selecting the All option locates the point on both the top and bottom of the frame element.
Specify Uniform Bracing button. Clicking this button will display the Uniform Braces form. Specify the relative distance or an absolute distance of the start and end of the uniform bracing from I-end of the frame element. Also specify if the point is on the top or bottom of the frame element. Selecting the All option locates the point on both the top and bottom of the frame element.