Expanded Connection Design Calculations Report
- Why expanded design calculations?
- Output method 1: Print Expanded Calculations
- Output method 2: Print Expanded Calculations by Location
Also see :
- Connection Design Calculations (an abbreviated version of the expanded report)
- Connection design method ( ASD9 or LRFD3 or ASD13 or LRFD13 or AS 4100 or CISC )
- Graphical connections (design calculations cannot be output for)
- Help browser ( User and Site Options > General > )
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Why expanded design calculations?
The Expanded Connection Design Calculations report provides basically the same information as does a Connection Design Calculations report, but it shows you the calculations written out, in detail, in the report itself, instead of simply reporting the results.
For example, both the Expanded Connection Design Calculations report and the traditional Connection Design Calculations Report provide an allowable strength summary:
The Expanded Connection Design Calculations report, additionally, steps you through the calculations for determining the allowable strength:
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Output method 1 : Print Expanded Calculations
1 . Before output of this report:
1a : Members whose connection designs you want included on the report need to have undergone Process and Create Solids with the correct " Connection design method " selected and that same " Connection design method " should still be selected. Also, you need a properly equipped User and Site Options > General > " Help browser ."
2 . Use any one (1) of the following methods to start printing this report:
Method 1 : Home > Reports > Connection Design > " Expanded Calculations ."
Methods 2 : If " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Reports > Expanded Calculations > Expanded Calculations .
Methods 3 & 4 : Click the icon pictured above or use a keyboard shortcut .
Method 5 : On a member edit window, such as Beam Edit , Column Edit , Vertical Brace Edit , or etc., press the " Expanded Calc " button. Skip step 3, and go to step 4. Design calculations will be output for each of the members you are editing.
3 . A selection dialog opens. On it is a list of all members in your current Job's 3D model. If you select " 
by Piecemark " and choose a piecemark that is assigned to multiple members, a single report for the one member with the lowest member number [in brackets] will be output for that piecemark. To give you finer control, the default selection setting is " by Number ."
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" Save " lets you save your selection, and " Load " lets you load a previously saved selection.
" Hide ... " and " Show All " adjust which items are shown on the selection list.
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Alternative 1 : Select the one or more members that you want connection calculation information on, then press " OK ." Go to step 4.
Alternative 2 : Press " Cancel " to end this operation without generating the report. Do not continue.
4 . The program opens a directory to which reports were recently saved.
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4a (optional) : Navigate to a different location on your network where you want to place the report you are exporting.
4b : Give the export file a " File name " then press the " Save " button. The filename will be given the .pdf extension, if it is not included.
5 . An Extended Connection Design Calculations Report is output in the form of a PDF file which can be read by a web browser. PDF stands for Portable Document Format.
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Output method 2 : Print Expanded Calculations by Location
The following instructions assume that you are using a 3-button mouse. You must be in Modeling and do either step 1b (preselection) or step 3 (in-tool selection) to perform this operation.
1 . Before output of this report:
1a : As mentioned above, you must be in Modeling . Members whose connection designs you want included on the report need to have undergone Process and Create Solids with the correct " Connection design method " selected and that same " Connection design method " should still be selected. Also, you need a properly equipped User and Site Options > General > " Help browser ."
Select Items bindings (step 1b) 1b (optional) : In Select Items mode with the appropriate selection filter selected, use Select or Select + (or draw an area box ) to select the member(s) that you want to output this report for. Use Select- if you want to deselect members. When members are selected, they are displayed in the User and Site Options > Modeling > " Primary selection surface color ," which is by default green.
2 . Invoke the output of this report using any one (1) of the following methods:
Methods 1, 2 & 3 : In Modeling , choose Reports > Expanded Calculations > Expanded Calculations by Location or click the icon pictured above or use a keyboard shortcut .
3 . Skip this step if you already selected member(s) in step 1b.
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3a (if you didn't do 1b) : Print Expanded Calculations by Location prompts you to use Select Item(s) mouse bindings to select the member(s) you want. You can also select members by drawing an area box or using the Model Tree . Press the Enter key or right-click ( Menu ) and choose " OK " on the context menu to signal that you are done selecting members.
4 . The program opens a directory to which reports were recently saved.
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4a (optional) : Navigate to a different location on your network where you want to place the report you are exporting.
4b : Give the export file a " File name " then press the " Save " button. The filename will be given the .pdf extension, if it is not included.
5 . An Extended Connection Design Calculations Report is output in the form of a PDF file which can be read by a web browser. PDF stands for Portable Document Format.
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