CYPECAD

Divide reinforcement

The "Divide reinforcement" option allows you to select a point on a reinforcement bar and introduce a lap, splitting the bar into two bundles.

In the "Lap layout" section of the dialogue box, you can select the lap type:

• Lap centred on the selected cut point
• Lap to the left of the selected cut point
• Lap to the right of the selected cut point

At the bottom, you specify the "Lap length".

Enter overlaps

The "Enter overlaps" option allows you to select a point on a reinforcement bar and enter a lap without splitting the reinforcement group.

As with the previous option, in the "Lap layout" section, you can choose:

• Lap centred on the selected cut point
• Lap to the left of the selected cut point
• Lap to the right of the selected cut point

You also define the "Lap length", and additionally, the "Distance to the origin of the bar".

Join

The "Join" option allows you to combine multiple reinforcement bundles of the same type and face into a single one.You must specify the number of bars that will form the new bundle.

The program will take the diameter from the first selected bundle.

Divide pack

The "Divide pack" option allows a reinforcement bundle containing at least two bars to be divided into multiple bundles, enabling independent editing.

You must specify how many bars will be separated to form the new pack.

In the assembly reinforcement editing window, the program also allows you to "Import an admissible arrangement from the assembly reinforcement table" by clicking on the corresponding button on the right-hand side.

Selecting one of the rows in the table defines the longitudinal reinforcement and, in addition, a transverse reinforcement layout with a specific number of stirrups and bars.

The "Edit walls" option, located in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab, allows you to view and modify the results obtained for the selected wall.

The editing window displays different options depending on the type of wall being edited.

Checking and editing thicknesses and reinforcements

Once the selection has been made, the reinforcements for the section are displayed on the right.

If the "Redesign when changing thicknesses" option is enabled, the program will redesign and check the concrete section using the analysed forces whenever the thicknesses are modified in this window.

In the "Left side" and "Right side" sections, the program allows you to modify the following:

• the "Thickness" of each side of the wall;
• the diameters and spacing of the "Vertical reinforcement" and the "Horizontal reinforcement" on each side of the wall;
• and, using the relevant buttons, the "Overlap on upper floor" and "Start at floor base" on each side of the wall, as appropriate. The "Overlap length" is defined here.

If the "Thickness" label for the wall is displayed in red, this indicates that the concrete section is insufficient.

Similarly, if the labels on some of the reinforcement bars are shown in red, this indicates that those bars are insufficient to absorb the full load. In this case, additional reinforcement is provided at specific points as required.

Transverse reinforcement

The "Transverse reinforcement" section allows you to modify the wall's transverse reinforcement. This is defined by the following parameters:

• the "Number of crossties" at each node;
• the "Diameter" of the bars;
• the "Horizontal spacing" and the "Vertical spacing". If this spacing is the same as that of the longitudinal reinforcement, it means that all the bars are tied. If the spacing of the longitudinal reinforcement is less than that of the transverse reinforcement (for example, 15 and 30, respectively), only some of the longitudinal bars between faces are tied (in this example, 1 in every 2 longitudinal bars).

As in the previous section, if the reinforcement or cross-section is insufficient, the text appears in red.

The proposed transverse reinforcement consists of one (or more, depending on the defined "Number of crossties") S-shaped branch connecting the bars between faces at all cross-joints between the wall’s longitudinal bars (horizontal and vertical), thereby linking the reinforcement on both sides of the wall.

Assigning thicknesses and reinforcements

The "Assign" option allows you to copy the thickness and/or reinforcement of the section being edited to other wall sections, depending on the option selected.

When clicking "Accept" in the dialogue box that appears, the sections with a thickness and/or reinforcement matching the selected settings will be highlighted in light cyan, and the rest in dark cyan.

Next, use the mouse to select the sections to which you wish to apply the properties of the selected section. Each section you select will turn yellow.

To complete the operation, click on "Finish assignment".

Additional reinforcement

You can view the additional reinforcement by clicking on "Show additional reinforcement" and double-clicking on each red square shown on the wall elevation drawing.

These points correspond to the control nodes of the finite element mesh that discretises the wall, such as the vertices and midpoints of the triangles that make it up.

This opens the "Additional reinforcement required at point" window, displaying information such as the following:

• the reference number of the wall and the section in question;
• the "Point coordinates" of the reinforcement in question, the "Reinforcement dimensions", and the "Proportion of the floor area";
• for each type of reinforcement (vertical and horizontal reinforcement on both the right and left sides of the wall, and transverse reinforcement), the "Quantity factor" and, where applicable, the "Reinforcement increment" required to achieve the analysed steel cross-section, specifying the diameter of the bars and their spacing. The reinforcement increment is the reinforcement that must be added to the base reinforcement of the wall section at the point in question.

To finish viewing the additional reinforcement, click on "Finish showing add. reinf.".

Checking the status of the wall

In the "Status" section, the program alerts the user to situations such as the following in the section of wall being examined, so that the user can assess them and/or take steps to correct them:

• If the prohibited symbol appears, the concrete section is failing due to oblique compression, and the calculated safety factor falls short of the required value.

• If the warning symbol appears, which is less serious than the previous symbol, a button displaying an error code will be shown; clicking this button will open an information dialogue box. Possible warning scenarios include the following, which cover various regulatory breaches.
  • If the concrete section or thickness is insufficient:
    • Ee: The thickness is insufficient due to slenderness error.
    • Er: There is no lever arm for the determination of the reinforcement. Increase the thickness or reduce the covers..
  • If the reinforcement used is of a smaller size than required or has a diameter below the minimum:
    • CMinVd: The minimum ratio for the vertical reinforcement of the right face is not met.
    • CMinVi: The minimum ratio for the vertical reinforcement of the left face is not met.
    • CMinHd: The minimum ratio for the horizontal reinforcement of the right face is not met.
    • CMinHi: The minimum ratio for the horizontal reinforcement of the left face is not met.
    • CMinT: The minimum geometrical ratio for the transverse reinforcement is not met.
    • DMinT: The diameter of the transverse reinforcement is smaller than the minimum.
  • if the required transverse reinforcement has not been defined, or if the spacing of the longitudinal bars it ties has been defined incorrectly:
    • Ai: No transverse reinforcement has been provided, but it is necessary for the tying of vertical bars by Code.
    • At: All vertical bars must be tied to the transverse reinforcement.
    • SepSim: No transverse reinforcement has been installed, but the code requires the vertical bars to be tied together.

The reinforcement for concrete block walls is edited using the "Edit walls" option in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab.

When you click on this option and select a concrete block wall in the model, the "Edit block wall reinforcement" window will open, featuring two tabs: "Vertical reinforcement" and "Horizontal reinforcement".

Vertical reinforcements

Vertical reinforcement bars are placed in the various cells of the block wall, for which they must be embedded.

To indicate the presence of this reinforcement, you must first tick the "Vertical reinforcement" box in the "Vertical additional reinforcement" tab.

Later on, you can enable the "All cells filled" option to take this condition into account in the wall.

You must specify the number of bars and their diameter for both the "first cell" and the "last cell" of the wall.

Finally, the table on the left allows you to optionally enter reinforcements in the remaining cells:

• On the right, the program will display a generic diagram of the wall. Below this, the "Number of available cells" in the wall is shown, numbered from 1 to N (excluding the first and last cells), whilst the first and last cells are labelled separately with the letters A and B.
• In this way, you can add reinforcement to the various cells by entering them into the table and specifying the "Cell index", along with the number of bars and their diameter.

Horizontal reinforcements

Horizontal reinforcement consists of tie beams or belt beams placed at the various joints or courses of blocks in the wall.

On the "Horizontal additional reinforcement" tab, you can select one of the following three options:

• "Without reinforcement", if you do not wish to include horizontal reinforcement;
• "Horizontal joint bars", in which case reinforcement bars consisting of two bars per joint with the specified diameter shall be provided;
• or "Beams-Edge", in which case beam-type reinforcements consisting of four longitudinal bars of the specified diameter, tied together by stirrups of the specified diameter and spacing, shall be provided.

The table on the left allows you to add horizontal reinforcement bars to the various joints or courses of the wall:

• On the right, the programme will display a generic diagram of the wall. Below this, the "Number of courses in the wall" (N) is shown, along with the "Numbering of joints/courses" indexed from 0 to N-1. The base of the wall corresponds to joint number 0, whilst the joint between the penultimate and final courses is number N-1.
• This allows you to add reinforcement to each "Joint/Row" by ticking the "With reinforcement" box in the row corresponding to its number.

The "Wall openings" option, located within the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab, allows you to view and modify the reinforcement applied by the program to wall openings.

Clicking on this option opens the "Wall openings" window, which contains a menu with the following tools:

• Edit
• Assign reinforcement to door-type openings over the reinforced concrete wall
• Assign reinforcement to window-type openings over the reinforced concrete wall
• Assign lintel reinforcement in the reinforced concrete block wall
• Wall opening reinforcement check

Each of these features is described below:

Edit

Allows you to edit the reinforcement mesh placed around the perimeter of the opening in the wall.

When you click on the option, the "Window" or "Door" panel opens, depending on the type of wall that is open.

First of all, you will need to specify whether there is a "Reinforcement the same for all floors of the group" or "Different reinforcement on each floor" by selecting the floor to be edited from the drop-down menu.

Next, the "With additional reinforcement" checkbox is selected if reinforcement bars are present around the perimeter of the opening. This enables the editing of the reinforcement in the lower section, which varies depending on the type of wall in which the opening has been created.

The assembly process is summarised in a coloured box to the right of this panel.

The program also displays a help diagram on the right-hand side to identify the assembly being edited, as well as its definition parameters.

Reinforcement detailing for reinforced concrete walls, flat-tension walls and masonry walls

The components on these walls are edited using the tabs at the bottom: "Lintel", "Sill" (for windows), "Sides" and "Bracing":

• For the reinforcement of the "Lintel" (and for that of the "Sill" in windows), the number and diameter of the bars in the "Longitudinal" reinforcement are specified, as well as the distances "A" and "B" by which the reinforcement extends to the left and right beyond the edge of the opening.
• For the reinforcement of the jambs or "Sides", the number and diameter of the bars in the "Longitudinal" reinforcement are specified, as well as the distances "A" and "B" by which the reinforcement extends at the bottom and top beyond the edge of the opening.
• To add reinforcement to the "Diagonals", tick the "With reinforcement" box; then, for both the "Lintel" and, where applicable, the "Sill", specify the number and diameter of the "Longitudinal" reinforcement bars, as well as the distances "A" and "B" by which the reinforcement extends beyond the corner of the opening; finally, tick the bottom box to indicate the presence of "Stirrups", their diameter and spacing.

Reinforcement detailing for concrete block walls

You can add reinforcement to the lintel of openings in concrete block walls.

To do this, specify the number and diameter of the "Longitudinal" reinforcement bars, as well as the distances "A" and "B" by which the reinforcement extends to the left and right beyond the edge of the opening; finally, tick the box at the bottom to indicate the presence of "Stirrups", their diameter and spacing.

Assign reinforcement to door-type openings over the reinforced concrete wall

This option is available if openings have been created in walls of the "Reinforced concrete wall", "Masonry wall" or "Plane stress walls" type.

Clicking on this option opens a reinforcement editing panel for the opening, identical to the one that appears when using the "Edit" option. In this case, you can define a reinforcement for "Door" openings in the panel and then click "Assign" to apply it to the doors opening onto this type of wall selected in the current floor plan group. It is also possible to use the "Select" option in the panel to extract information from a selected opening on the floor plan.

Assign reinforcement to window-type openings over the reinforced concrete wall

This option is available if openings have been created in walls of the "Reinforced concrete wall", "Masonry wall" or "Plane stress walls" type.

Clicking on this option opens a reinforcement editing panel for the opening, identical to the one that appears when using the "Edit" option. In this case, you can define a reinforcement for "Window" openings in the panel and then click "Assign" to apply it to the windows in this type of wall selected in the current floor group. It is also possible to use the "Select" option in the panel to extract information from a selected opening on the floor plan.

Assign lintel reinforcement in the reinforced concrete block wall

This option is available if openings have been created in walls of the "Concrete block wall" type.

Clicking on this option opens a reinforcement editing panel for the opening, identical to the one that appears when using the "Edit" option. In this case, you can define a reinforcement for openings in the panel and then click on "Assign" to apply it to the openings in this type of wall selected in the current floor plan group. You can also use the "Select" option in the panel to extract the information from a selected opening in the floor plan.

Wall opening reinforcement check

This option allows you to select a wall opening on a floor plan and display on screen the list of checks carried out on its reinforcements, as well as their compliance status.

These include checks on the minimum reinforcement area or the minimum anchorage length of the bars, depending on the selected standards.

This report can be printed or exported in various formats.

The "Polybeams" menu, within the "Beams" menu of the "Beam input" tab or the "Results" tab, allows you to create and manage polybeams.

A polybeam is a set of consecutive beams without intermediate columns that constitute a group for the purposes of editing their section or removing them.

Thus, any geometric change (for example, from "Beams > Edit") made to one of the beams is applied to all the beams that form the polybeams.

Similarly, deleting the polybeam (using "Beams > Delete") causes the entire set of beams that constitute it to be deleted. However, the reinforcement of each beam in the set may be different.

The menu offers the following options:

Compose

The "Compose" option allows you to create a new composite beam. To do this, select consecutive beam sections with the left mouse button and, when finished, confirm the operation with the right mouse button. The program will notify you of the beams that have been selected in a pop-up window, indicating their reference on the screen. When you accept this notification, the composite beam is created.

Break down

The "Break down" option allows you to ungroup all the beams of one or more previously created polybeams. To do this, select the polybeams to be broken down with the left mouse button or mark a capture area on the screen.

Add beams to a polybeam

The "Add beams to a polybeam" option allows you to add one or more beams to an existing polybeam. To do this, select the polybeam (1) and then the beam or beams you want to add to it (2), confirming the operation with the right mouse button. The program will notify you of the beams that will be added to the polybeam, indicating their reference on the screen. When you accept the notification, the polybeam is updated with the addition of the selected beams.

Divide

The "Divide" option allows you to split a polybeam into several polybeams or into separate beams at the point selected with the left mouse button. This option can also be useful for ungrouping one of the two end beams of a polybeam.

The "Predefined reinforcement spans" menu, within the "Beams" menu of the "Beam input" tab or the "Results" tab, allows you to create or delete predefined reinforcement sections in multi-beams.

A predefined reinforcement section in the set of beams that make up a composite beam is one in which the positive and negative reinforcement is continuous.

The menu offers the following options:

Assign

The "Assign" option allows you to create a predefined reinforcement section in each of the multi-beams that are subsequently selected, either with the left button or by means of a capture area.

Each poliviga selected in this way constitutes an independent, predefined reinforcement section.

In this way, when analysing and assembling the frames, the program will apply continuous reinforcement to each predefined reinforcement section created.

The following options in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab allow you to copy structural models between frames or between walls:

Copy reinforcement from another frame

This option allows you to copy the layout of one portal onto another portal. The two portals must have the same number of spans:

• For the longitudinal reinforcement and the first layer of positive elements, the diameter, number and length of each bar’s end are copied relative to the support axis.
• For the remaining longitudinal bars, the diameter, number and length of the bars are copied.
• For the stirrup, the diameter, spacing and length of the reinforcement are copied.

The procedure for copying the layout between frames located on the same group of floors is as follows:

• Go to the floor where the frames are located.
• Select the "Copy reinforcement from another frame" option.
• Left-click to select the frame you wish to copy (1).
• Use the left mouse button to select the destination span or span (2) to which you wish to assign the selected reinforcements.

Furthermore, the procedure for copying the reinforcement between frames located on different floor levels is as follows:

• Go to the floor where the destination frame is located (1).
• Select the "Copy reinforcement from another frame" option.
• Click the right mouse button and, in the dialogue box that appears, select the floor on which the portal containing the information to be copied is located (2).
• The program will then be positioned on the selected floor. Here, use the left mouse button to select the portal to be copied (3).
• The program immediately returns to the starting floor. Here, use the left mouse button to select the destination span or spans (4) to which you wish to assign the selected reinforcements.

Copy the reinforcement from another wall

This option allows you to copy the structure of one wall onto another wall. The procedure is as follows:

• Go to the floor where the walls are located.
• Select the "Copy reinforcement from another wall" option.
• Left-click on the wall to be copied (1).
• Left-click to select the destination wall or walls (2) to which you wish to assign the selected reinforcement, or use a selection area to select them. Walls with the reinforcement already copied will be highlighted in magenta.

The following options in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab allow you to manage frame groupings.

Frame groupings allow you to consolidate the results obtained for several similar frames and make them easier to edit. Thus, modifying the standard frame automatically affects the grouped frames, and vice versa. Furthermore, the beam plan will show a single frame per group, listing all the references belonging to the grouped frames (frame numbering, bracing, columns, beams, etc.).

To avoid errors when grouping frames, they must have the same number of bays.

Group frames

This option allows you to group frames together.

To do this, after clicking on this option, use the left mouse button (1) to select the type of frame (which will be highlighted in blue) and then (2) the frames to be grouped (which will be highlighted in green). When selecting the frame to be grouped, the program will display a warning message if it cannot be grouped and the reason why. Clicking the right mouse button and accepting the dialogue box that appears creates the group.

The frame type will appear in the drawing, in the reports, and in the reinforcement editor. Grouped frames are treated as identical to the type, except for their references.

Ungroup frames

This option allows you to undo a previously created group of frames, restoring them to independent frames.

When you use this option and hover the cursor over a group of frames, the program will display a tooltip showing the references of the frames in the group. Clicking the left mouse button will ungroup them.

Add frames to group

This option allows you to add new frames to an existing group.

To do this, after clicking on the option, select a grouped frame (1) and then one or more ungrouped frames that you wish to add to the group to which the first selected frame belongs (2). Right-click and confirm the dialogue box that appears to add them to the group.

The following options in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab allow you to lock the reinforcement for frames and reinforced concrete walls, respectively.

When you lock the reinforcement, you can reanalyse the structure whilst retaining the reinforcement of the selected elements.

Lock portal frames

This option allows you to lock the reinforcement for the selected frames to prevent the program from modifying them during subsequent redesigns.

When you click on the option, the "Frame selection" window opens:

• Here, in each of the "Groups" of floors, you can lock "All" or "None" of the doors on that floor by ticking the relevant boxes.
• If desired, by clicking the "Selection" button, you can select the frames you wish to lock on each floor one by one by left-clicking on them (clicking again on a previously selected frame deselects it and therefore unlocks it). Clicking the right button returns you to the "Frame selection" window.
• The "Selected" column will list the references of the frames selected in each group, or will indicate whether they are "All" or "None".
• After clicking "Accept" in this window, the program will lock the reinforcement for those frames.

It is also possible to lock or unlock a portal frame using the relevant option in the beam editor, which can be accessed via "Beams/Walls > Edit beams".

Lock reinforced concrete wall reinforcement

This option allows you to lock the reinforcement of selected reinforced concrete walls and flat-tension walls to prevent the program from modifying them in subsequent redesigns.

When using this tool, a dialogue box appears where you can select one of the following options: "Locked reinforcements" or "Unlocked reinforcements". In addition, the program will highlight the walls assigned to each condition in the floor plan using the corresponding colour.

To apply one of the two conditions, select it; then click on "Assign" and select the desired walls on the floor plan one by one or using a selection area. When you do this, they will change colour to indicate that the condition has been applied. Right-clicking returns you to the dialogue box. It is also possible to click on "Assign to all" to apply the selected condition to all visible walls on the floor plan. The "Finish" option allows you to complete the operation.

The "Sloped beams" option, within the "Beams" menu on the "Results" tab, allows you to view the analysis results for inclined beams, bracing diagonals and V-bracing.

This option is available if the job has been analysed.

Clicking on this option opens the "Sloped beams" window, which contains a menu with the following tools:

• Information
• Forces
• Errors
• Edit reinforcement
• Check series
• Design concrete beams
• Design steel beams
• U.L.S. checks

Each of these features is described below:

Information

Clicking the "Information" option displays information on screen about the sloped beams, bracing diagonals or V-bracing already entered. To do this, select the element you wish to view on the floor plan using the left mouse button, or enter the corresponding element number.

An information text box then appears, displaying details such as the element’s start and end tags, its length, section, and the other parameters entered in its editing panel.

If the structure has been structurally analysed, information on the bracing of single inclined beams is also included (“Upper bracing”, “Lower bracing” and “Strut bracing”).

This option is the same as the one available in the menu of the same name on the "Beam Input" tab.

Forces

The "Forces" option provides a list of efforts and results for the selected item.

The forces that can be listed include the "Axial force", the "Planar moment", the "Transverse moment", the "Planar shear", the "Transverse shear" and the "Torsion". To do this, you can tick the boxes with these names.

These results can be obtained for the "Number of points" of the beam entered in the corresponding field.

This list includes the materials, description, loads (for simple sloped beams), design forces, combination forces, force envelopes, demand capacity ratio (for steel sections), design results (or reinforcement results in the case of concrete beams), quantities (for concrete beams), design errors where applicable, and checks carried out.

Errors

Sloped beams, bracing diagonals and V-bracing with analysis errors will be highlighted in red in the workspace.

The "Errors" option in this menu allows you to select one of these elements and display a list of errors on screen.

Edit reinforcement

The "Edit reinforcement" option allows you to select a single sloped reinforced concrete beam and view and edit the reinforcement results from the analysis in an editing window.

This editing window has two tabs. The "Section" tab displays a view showing the longitudinal and cross-sectional views of the beam, indicating its dimensions and reinforcement, whilst the "3D View" tab provides a three-dimensional view of the beam with its reinforcement.

In addition, the program provides the following tools at the top of this window:

• Geometry
  Allows you to modify the width and depth of the beam. Once modified, you can use the "Dimensioning" option to generate the reinforcement.
• Reinforcement
  Allows you to modify the number and diameter of the bars in the "Top reinforcement", the "Skin reinforcement" and the "Bottom reinforcement", as well as the type, diameter and spacing of the beam's "Stirrups". You can also modify the "Anchorage length" of the bars in each of the aforementioned reinforcement groups. Once modified, you can use the "Code checks" option to check the beam with the specified reinforcement.
• Verification
  This allows you to verify compliance with regulatory specifications in light of the changes made. Furthermore, you can display a list of these verifications on screen.
• Structural analysis
  Carries out a structural analysis of the beam to determine a reinforcement scheme that satisfies all the checks for the beam’s geometry and forces obtained in the analysis.
• Locked reinforcement / Unlocked reinforcement
  Allows you to lock the beam reinforcement so that the program does not modify it during the analysis and design process, or to unlock it if it has previously been locked.

Check series

The "Check series" option allows you to select a sloped steel-section beam, bracing diagonals or V-bracing, and view the selected section—as well as the other sections in the same series—in the pop-up window during the design process.

For each "Section", an icon indicates whether it passes all the checks or not, along with its reference, "Weight" and the demand capacity ratio percentage of "Strength".

If you wish to use a specific section, select that section from the list and click "Accept".

Designing concrete beams

The "Design concrete beams" option redesigns all the sloped reinforced concrete beams in the project using the forces from the most recent analysis.

Designing steel beams

The "Reload steel beams" option re-analyses all sloped steel beams, bracing diagonals and V-bracing in the project using the loads from the most recent analysis.

You can do this "From the first section" in the series or "From the selected section" by selecting the relevant option in the pop-up window.

U.L.S. checks

Displays a document detailing the checks carried out on a sloped steel-section beam to verify the Ultimate Limit States corresponding to the selected standard.

The following options in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab allow you to check and design concrete block walls, respectively.

Code check concrete block walls

This option allows you to check whether the checks carried out on the concrete block walls have been passed.

To do this, after clicking on the option, use the left mouse button to select the wall you wish to check. The program will indicate whether all the checks have been passed or whether any checks have failed.

Once you have accepted the dialogue box that appears, you can view on screen the list of checks carried out on the wall, including those relating to the wall’s geometry, reinforcement or compliance factor under various loads.

This report can be printed or exported in various formats.

Designing concrete block walls

This option allows you to redesign the reinforcement for concrete block walls without having to reanalyse the structure. This can be useful if minor changes have been made to the dimensions of these walls.

If you do this, any changes made to these structures based on the results of the previous design will be lost.

The forces used to design the reinforcement shall be those obtained from the most recent structural analysis carried out.

The following options in the "Beams/Walls" menu on the "Results" tab allow you to view information about the beams and/or walls and to view the beam alignments, respectively.

Beam/wall information

This option provides information on the properties and results of a beam or wall added to the model.

To do this, after clicking on the option, select the beam or wall using the left mouse button, or enter its "Number" in the "Search for a beam" box and press "Enter". When you do this, it will be highlighted in red, and all other beams that are identical to the selected beam will be highlighted in magenta.

Clicking the right-click button will display information about the beam following the current one. You can also use the controls in the "Find a beam" dialogue box to view the "Previous beam" or the "Next beam".

In addition to information on the element’s dimensions, if the structure has been analysed, you will also be able to view information on instantaneous, total and active deflections. If any deflection limit is exceeded, the value will be displayed in red.

View beam layouts

The "View beam alignments" option allows you to check the number of the alignment or frame to which the selected beam belongs.

To do this, after selecting the option, left-click on a beam. The program will display information about the frame to which it belongs in the message bar at the bottom of the main interface.