Steel Member Design

Microstran offers design of members to several steel design codes including AS3990, AS4100, NZS3404, BS5950, AISC ASD Ed. 9, and SSCJ/AIJ. These modules provide unprecedented scope for design productivity. They offer:

A new standard in ease of use
Graphical application of restraints
Color-coded display of design results
Rigorous application of code provisions

This dialog box is used to enter data for the design member, each of which may comprise a number of members. Pop-up Help is available for any item in the dialog box by clicking on it after first clicking the button.

STEEL DESIGN DATA

In this dialog box you click the buttons to input the location and type of restraints, such as purlins and fly-braces.

STEEL DESIGN RESTRAINT DATA

Limsteel

AISC Logo Also known as Integrated Limsteel, the AS4100 and NZS3404 design options incorporate the code-checking elements of the University of Sydney / AISC program, Limsteel. Integrated Limsteel includes the capability for designing and checking DuraGal cold-formed unlipped angles and channel sections to AS/NZS 4600:1996 "Cold-formed Steel Structures". The standard sections libraries Asw and Nzw include the DuraGal sections.