Form: Design Load Combinations Selection - {Type}
Use the Design menu > {Type} Design > Select Design Combo command to review the default design combinations or designate other load combinations to be used in the design process. It is not necessary to run the analysis or select an element before using this command.
Note: The Design Load Combination Selection - Wall Design
form also displays if the Combos
button is clicked on the Report Viewer that
displays following a right click on a wall pier undergoing Interactive
Design.
Click the Design menu > {Type} Design > Select Design Combo command to display the Design Load Combinations Selection - {Type} Design form.
All of the available design load combinations are listed in the List of Combinations list box. The design load combinations actually used in the design are listed in the Design Combinations list box. Use the buttons on the form to move the load combinations into and out of the Design Combinations list box to specify which combinations will be used during the design process.
button. Highlight a design
load combination in the List
of Combinations list box and click this button to move
that combination into the Design
Combinations list box.
button. Highlight a design
load combination in the Design
Combinations list box and click this button to remove that
combination from the Design
Combinations list box.
Show button. Highlight a load combination in either list box and click the Show button to review the definition of a design load combination using the Load Combination Data form. Changes cannot be made to the form; use the Define menu > Load Combinations command to modify the combinations, where applicable.
The following table identifies the default naming scheme for design combinations.
{Type} Design |
Default Combination Names |
Steel Frame |
DSTLS1 (strength), DSTLD1 (deflection), and so on |
Concrete Frame |
DCON1, DCON2, and so on |
Composite Beam |
DCMPC1, DCMPS1, DCMPD1, and so on, where D = Design; CMP = Composite; C = Construction; S = Strength; D = Deflection; n = Sequential number of the item |
Composite Column |
DCMPS1, DCMPS2, and so on |
Steel Joist |
DJST1, DJST2, and so on |
Shear Wall |
DWAL1, DWAL2, and so on |
Concrete Slab |
DSlbU1, DSlbU2, and so on |
Steel Connection |
DSTLD1, DSTLD2, and so on |
See also
Concrete Frame Design Procedure
Composite Beam Design Procedure
Concrete Slab Design Procedure