What do the following parameters mean?
NSF 0.85 ALL BEAM 1.0 ALL KY 1.2 ALL RATIO 0.9 ALL LY 18 ALL LZ 18 ALL CHECK CODE ALL NSF 0.85: This parameter is called Net Section Factor. One of the criteria used in determining the capacity of a section in Axial Tension is fracture of the net section. The capacity is calculated as NSF X Gross Area X Ultimate Tensile Strength of steel in tension BEAM 1.0: This means the design or code checking of the member will be done by determining the safety of the member at a total of 13 points along the length of the member. Those 13 points are the start, the end, and 11 intermediate points along the length. If this parameter is not set, design will be performed by checking the safety at only those locations governed by the SECTION command. KY 1.2: The KY value is used to determine the KL/r for the Y axis – Ky multipled by Ly divided by Ry. RATIO 0.9: The code requires one to check the safety of a member by verifying several interaction equations for compression, bending, tension, etc. The rig
