HSS / TS Production Standards

The HSS / TS Production Standards screen lets you add or edit production standards that you can assign to Pipe Grades or HSS / TS Grades .
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Production Standard: The name of the production standard.

The " Production Standard " names from this screen populate the list boxes in the " Production Standard " column at Home > Project Settings > Job > Material Grades > Pipe Grades and Home > Project Settings > Job > Material Grades > HSS / TS Grades .

A " Production Standard " name may also appear in the " Structural Properties " in Shapes Properties for HSS round (or PIPE) sections or HSS rectangular (or TS) sections.

When a steel grade from either the Pipe Grades or the HSS / TS Grades setup screen is applied to a particular HSS round or HSS rectangular section, connection design references the " Production Standard " that has been assigned to that steel grade and, where appropriate, uses in its calculations the " Structural Properties " that are stored in the local shape file .

If there are no tabulated " Structural Properties " stored in the local shape file , connection design uses the " Design Thickness Ratio " (below) to calculate a specific section property that it requires.

Design Thickness Ratio: A positive decimal number less than or equal to 1 (no units). For example, a number such as 1 or 0.93 .

Changing the " Design Thickness Ratio " may cause the " Formula " values to be recalculated for a HSS round or HSS rectangular section in a shape file. In order for the " Formula " values to recalculate due to a " Design Thickness Ratio " change, the appropriate " Production Standard " needs to have been applied to a steel grade on the Pipe Grades or HSS / TS Grades screen.

  • The position of these form buttons on the screen tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information.
  • You can Copy ( ) the settings on this screen , then Paste ( ) those settings to a different screen of the same type.
  • Save ( ) saves a file to a global folder ( ) that is used by your current version of SDS2. Give the file a name that will help other users identify its purpose. Load ( ) replaces the settings on this screen with the settings that are stored in the file that you select.
  • When editing multiple screens at the same time, Paste and Load replace mixed entries to a single field with a single entry. Copy and Save ignore fields with mixed entries, treating them as if they have no entry or do not exist.

OK (or the Enter key) closes this screen and applies the settings.

Cancel (or the Esc key) closes this screen without saving any changes.

Reset undoes all changes made to this screen since you first opened it. The screen remains open.

  • Cut ( Ctrl + x ), copy ( Ctrl + c ) and paste ( Ctrl + v ) are available to help you more quickly edit production standards.
  • To delete one or more lines, left-click to select the line(s), then right-click and select "Erase production standard".

  • The default settings for AISC/CISC/EURO are only populated when you create a new job that is set to one of these methods. If you switch between these methods after a job has been created, you must manually update the " Production Standards ."

  • Default AISC values (when a job is created using an ASD or LRFD design method) :

  • Default CISC Values:


  • Default Eurocode Values:


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