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Aluminium design is not working in CONNECT edition after the latest update. When I choose ASD 1994 for CODE (as per the reference) , the results in the output are for AISC 1989 and an error regarding Young`s modulus appears.
STAAD PLANE START JOB INFORMATION ENGINEER DATE 18-Dec-17 END JOB INFORMATION INPUT WIDTH 79 UNIT METER KN JOINT COORDINATES 1 0 0 0; 2 6 0 0; MEMBER INCIDENCES 1 1 2; DEFINE MATERIAL START ISOTROPIC ALUMINUM E 6.89476e+007 POISSON 0.33 DENSITY 26.6018 ALPHA 2.3e-005 DAMP 0.03 END DEFINE MATERIAL MEMBER PROPERTY ALUMINUM 1 TABLE ST WF(A-N)5X5.37 CONSTANTS MATERIAL ALUMINUM ALL SUPPORTS 1 2 PINNED LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DL SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Live TITLE LL LOAD 3 LOADTYPE Temperature TITLE TEMP. LOAD COMBINATION 4 1 1.0 LOAD COMBINATION 5 1 1.0 2 1.0 3 1.0 LOAD COMBINATION 6 1 1.0 2 0.75 3 0.75 LOAD COMBINATION 7 1 1.0 2 0.75 LOAD COMBINATION 8 1 0.6 PERFORM ANALYSIS LOAD LIST 4 TO 8 PARAMETER 1 CODE ASD 1994 BEAM 1 ALL TRACK 4 ALL CHECK CODE ALUMINUM TAKE OFF ALL FINISH
TRACK command gives more options but they are not visible. You can not read the description.
Quick response will be highly appreciated. I need to be able to complete the task at hand ASAP.
You should be using CODE ALUMINUM command instead of CODE ASD 1994 in order to perform the design as per Aluminum design code.
The only aluminium choice in the drop down list in the editor is for ASD 1994 as per the reference in the screenshot.
After I used CODE ALU, this happened.
**IN TABLES 3.3-1 and 3.3-2, NO DATA IS AVAILABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING COMBINATION FOR MEMBER # 1 **
But at least it understood it`s Aluminium. Thanks.
That is correct. Only ASD 1994 code is currently available. The commend syntax of this code in the input file is CODE ALUMINUM.
Check this Wiki: https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/29184/while-performing-design-per-the-us-aluminum-code-i-encounter-an-error-message-product-name-could-not-be-matched-what-does-it-mean