Form: Overwrite Frame Design Procedure
The Design menu > Overwrite Frame Design Procedure command can be used to change the design postprocessor for a frame element as follows.
Select the frame objects to which the overwrites are to be applied.
Click the Design menu > Overwrite Frame Design Procedure command to access the Overwrite Frame Design Procedure form.
Choose from the available options. Depending on the frame section assignment made to the frame object, several of the options may not be available, as follows.
A concrete frame element can be switched between the Concrete Frame Design and the No Design procedures. Assign a concrete frame element the No Design (Null) design procedure if you do not want it designed by the Concrete Frame Design postprocessor.
A steel frame element can be switched between the Steel Frame Design, Composite Beam Design (if it qualifies), and the No Design design procedures. In this form a steel frame element qualifies for the Composite Beam Design procedure if it meets all of the following criteria.
The frame type is Beam, that is, the frame object is horizontal.
The frame element is oriented with its positive local 2-axis in the same direction as the positive global Z-axis (vertical upward).
The frame element has I-section or channel section properties.
Assign a steel frame element the No Design procedure if you do not want it designed by either the Steel Frame Design or the Composite Beam Design postprocessor.
A composite beam element can be switched between the Steel Frame Design and the No Design (see above).
A composite column element can be switched to No Design.
A steel joist element can be switched to No Design. Only beams that are assigned joist sections can be designed as steel joists. The joist sections can be selected from the built-in program joist section database, or they can be user defined. The user-defined sections can be specified using the Define menu > Frame Sections command and the Steel Joist option.
No Design option. This option is available for all frame objects. It means that the frame object is not designed by any design postprocessor. These frame objects are given the Null design procedure.
Default option. This option is available for all frame objects. It means that the frame object is to be given the default design procedure (postprocessor).
The design procedure is not automatically updated as the model is modified. Thus if a frame object is drawn and the { Beam, Column, Brace} Information form for the frame is displayed by right clicking on it, the Design tab on the { Beam, Column, Brace} Information form may be Null or outdated.
Display the current default design procedure for a frame object as follows:
Click the Design menu and then click somewhere else to close the design menu. This automatically updates the design procedures.
Right click on the frame object to display the {Beam, Column, Brace} Information form. The Design Procedure is displayed on the Design tab.