As soon as you activate Aluminum Design and select a design standard in the model's Base Data (tab Standards I), two additional folders appear in the Navigator - Data:
- Types for Aluminum Design
- Aluminum Design
The elements of the Types for Aluminum Design can be assigned to the objects to be designed. This way, you define the essential boundary conditions for the aluminum design checks. The table manages the types for aluminum design in the "Structure" category as properties of the model objects. You can find further explanations in the subchapters of the Types for Aluminum Design.
The objects of the Aluminum Design category are also accessible in the table. Select "Aluminum Design" in the list to manage the input data of the aluminum design in a clearly arranged form. The tables and input dialog boxes of this category are described in detail in Chapter Aluminum Design.
These tables and objects are also the basis of the documentation that you can prepare in the printout report. The options available for this are described in Chapter Documentation.
Further settings for the aluminum design can be defined in various input dialog boxes of the RFEM user interface. For example, you can use members or member sets for the design, insert member transverse stiffeners, member shear panels, and member rotational restraints, as well as define supports for the serviceability limit state design checks in the Edit Member dialog box. An explanation of the essential entries that are not part of Types for Aluminum Design nor the input tables for the aluminum design can be found in Chapter Options for Aluminum Design.