Select Design Combinations

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.

1. Click the Design menu > {Type} Design > Select Design Combo command to display the Design Load Combinations Selection  - {Type} Design  form.

2. 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.

See also

Steel Frame Design Procedure

Concrete Frame Design Procedure

Composite Beam Design Procedure

Shear Wall Design Procedure

Concrete Slab Design Procedure

Steel Joist Design Procedure