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Click Steel Design > Steel Tools > Steel Section Design to open the Steel Section Design dialog.

 

 

This tool allows the specification of member section prefix (like W12), length, bracing, material properties, and loading, and then performs a design with those parameters.

 

After filling in the parameters in the input fields at the top and right side of the screen, populate the loading values in the columns for Pu, Mux, Muy, Vux, Vuy, Cmx and Cmy.  (Each row can be thought of as the resulting factored loads for a load combination.)

 

Then click the Compute button and the program will complete the design and report the Section Candidates and results in the remaining columns.

 

The Detail Check button can be used to open the Steel Section Check dialog, where individual load combinations can be investigated for intermediate values, and detailed calculations can be viewed and printed.