How get design report of prismatic sections like cables..? because when I designed cable and other components, i had used BS 5950-2000 but i got warning saying that it can be done for prismatic section, Even i had defined the member as cable in analysis.

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How to get steel detail report for cable design..?

Modestas · Answer

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 -> Pipe (in any database) -> Define Pipe.