Applies To
	Product(s):	STAAD Foundation Advanced
	Version(s):	ALL
	Environment:	ALL
	Area:	Gereral
	Subarea:	N/A
	Original Author:	Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group

I am getting the following message when trying to analyze a mat foundation. What does it mean and how can I get rid of the message ?

The load cases/combinations included as part of a job, should satisfy at least one of the following requirements

• There should be at least one non empty service load case + one non empty ultimate load case
• There should be at least one non empty service load combination + one non empty ultimate load combination
• There should be at least one non empty primary load case

If the above conditions are not met, the message is generated.

An empty load case/combination/primary load case is one that does not have any load items included as part of it. For example a load case that has a non zero dead weight factor assigned to it but no other load items in it, would be considered as an empty load case.

The way to get rid of the warning is to ensure that at least of the 3 requirements mentioned above is satisfied.