Inamul Rahim Sahriff

If you are trying to design a cable wire, then you can define it as a PIPE section. Enter the inner diameter as 0 and outer diameter so that the area would be equal to the required. You can define the pipes in this way by going to Section Database ->…

thank you I got that....

I think you should consider all design parameters in the single design parameters block. Also, a CHECK CODE command must follow after all design parameters.

Yes, local X axis is always along the member length. There is difference how the member is orientated in the global coordinates.

These above are axial force outputs. Positive numbers in Beam Force Detail table indicate axial compression and negative numbers indicate axial tension. As far as the diagram is concerned, brown color indicates axial compression and the blue indicates…