RE: Why DXF exported plans do not show studs on frame beams?

Seth Guthrie — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:51:50 GMT

Our philosophy is that the lateral, frame beams can only be properly designed in Ram Frame - Steel mode where all the load cases are combined and model indeterminacy is considered. We allow the user to view a gravity-only preliminary composite design in Ram Steel using Process - View/Update, but those preliminary composite design results are not reported or included in the DXF.

There have been requests for this over the years, and for pinned beams in X braced bays I suppose the composite design results are valid. For your information, that's been logged as:

Enhancement 120335: RSS DT Enhancement 17 - Frame Beams on DXF

For Layout DXF feature, if the "Include Labels on Frame Beams" is selected, also show the Grade, Camber and Studs (as specified in that dialog box). [Don't show reactions] Currently it only shows the size.