Cruciform Grades

The Cruciform Grades screen sets the steel grades for wide flange sections, W tees, and plates that compose cruciform material when you specify a cruciform " Section size " on the Column Edit window.
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Wide flange: The steel grade for wide flange sections that compose cruciform material. Types of cruciform sections that incorporate W sections are cruciform wf-wt and cruciform wf-pl .

An example of a cruciform wf-wt . The " Wide flange " grade entered here sets the steel grade for the cruciform material marked wf .

Setup: If the steel grade you want is not on the list box ( ) for this field, you can use Job > Material Grades > Wide Flange Grades to add it to the list.

W-Tee: The steel grade for W tee sections that compose cruciform material. Types of cruciform sections that incorporate WT sections are cruciform wf-wt and cruciform pl-wt .

An example of a cruciform pl-wt section. The " W-Tee " grade entered here sets the steel grade for the sections that are marked wt1 and wt2 on this drawing.

Setup: If the steel grade you want is not on the list box ( ) for this field, you can use Job > Material Grades > WT Grades to add it to the list.

Plate: The steel grade for rectangular plate that compose cruciform material. Types of cruciform sections that incorporate plate material are cruciform pl-wt and cruciform pl and cruciform wf-pl .

An example of a cruciform wf-pl section. The plate sections that make up a wf-pl section are assigned the " Plate " grade that is entered here.

Setup: If the steel grade you want is not on the list box ( ) for this field, you can use Job > Material Grades > Plate Grades to add it to the list.

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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.

  • When you specify a cruciform " Section size " for a column, the " Steel grade " for that column is disabled ( grayed out ) since a cruciform section is a composite section composed of multiple materials which may or may not have different steel grades. This screen, not the Column Edit window, sets the steel grades.
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