• Member failure after using section from Section wizard

    Section BOX ISMC 250 with gap 90mm used as column and designed in STAAD. Due to loading. it has failures. for section property enhancement, additional plate applied to BOX section though section wizard. But results for member (section wizard) design…
  • Section Wizard Assigning a Near Zero Modulus of Elasticity for Plates. Causing Erroneous Section Properties for Built-up Sections

    Hello, I have recently used section wizard to create a built-up section. I have found that for plates Section Wizard has assigned a Modulus of Elasticity of 2.08871e-315 (essentially zero), while for the w-section it is 205 (see first snip below). As…
  • How to change section properties in "Section Wizard"?

    Is there a way to change the section dimensions when creating a built-up member via Section Wizard? e.g. I am trying to model sections of an old bridge (pre-ASTM), and want to change properties such as the thickness of a flange or an angle, but I don…