Hi there
I have a steel model with number of Tapered I section profiles. I want the Select Optimise to use from this list and and come up with least weight structure. This is using IS 800. Can someone help.
Thanks
Ashutosh
If you have a custom wide flange sections which do not taper, then you should create those sections in the User Provided Table (UPT). If you have a UPT table which consists several same shape sections, then the optimization will be performed based on those entered sections. An example model can be found in STAAD.Pro Help by going to Application Examples > EX. American Design Examples > EX. US-17 User-Provided Tables
Thanks for your quick reply. In reality my sections are not tapered, they are user defined I sections. I have a list of them and need to optimise the structure based on this list. I have used tapered I section since I am not aware if there is another way to achieve it.
Member optimization feature for Tapered sections is not implemented in STAAD.Pro.