I am designing a two-way slab with beams, and I received a warning message shown below. I am assigning the design strips width manual with the help of Span Boundary Polyline. I used the recommendations from https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/4507/ram-concept-design-strips-tn "Are there any recommendations for modeling design strips for beams?" (see images 2-5) and I am still getting this error message in image 6. Is there something I am missing?
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Best,
Skylar Calhoun
Because the strips taper to a point at the end the sections get narrower, and narrower until the program throws a warning. You can use boundary polylines to control the strip width (and column strip width) or you could cut back the strips stopping them short of the tip.
I am getting only strips for the width of my beams (see image). Is there a way I could get a design strip for the width of the boundary polylines?