Load Input

Loads Action Sequence

The program now requires entry into Loads and Forces view before proceeding to the Design command, and upon first entering the Loads and Forces view provides the user with advice as to which types of manually entered loads might be required.

The Design button and menu item will remain disabled until you first enter the Loads and Forces view. The message given below will appear when you first enter Loads and Forces .

Load View Entry Message

If loads have not been generated in the Load Generation action, the message reminds you to generate loads, and then advises about

• dead and uplift loads for hold-down calculations
• using direct shearline forces to model buildings adjoining other structures

If loads have already been generated, the program provides the same advice about dead, uplift loads and direct shearline forces, and also about the following loads that cannot be generated:

• from large installations, parapets, etc
• from complicated roofs

  Direct Shearline Forces Label

The label in the group box in the Add Loads dialog that currently says Implement as a factored force applied directly has been changed to Add as a factored force directly (parallel) to the shearline.

Load Generation Commands

The buttons called

Generate and add to Loads,

Regenerate Loads

have been renamed to make their functionality more clear, they are now

Generate loads on selected levels,

Delete all and regenerate

The button named Delete all generated loads remains the same.