• Wind Definitions with Multiple Area Loads

    Hi, My company usually only use one wind definition for wins area load and factor it for different wind cases. I have 3 wind definitions, and I am getting these messages in Editor. Is it a warning message? DEFINE WIND LOAD TYPE 1 NESC HEAVY INT…

  • Modeling Slopped Roofs and Impacts on Wind Design

    Lately I've been running into issues with my lateral analysis on a large, square steel framed building. The roof is an 1-1/2" metal deck that slopes in one direction and drops 10' over the length of the building, which I've modeled as a semirigid diaphragm…

  • Negative Load Case vs Negative Load Combination

    Dear Colleagues, Say if I have to apply wind on all the four sides (+x / +z / -x / -z) of an irregular structure/geometry, is it okay to consider only 2 positive cases (+x / +z) as Basic Load Case and generate 4 load combinations with 2 positive and…
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