Form: API Punching Load Assignments
Use the Design menu > Steel Frame Design > API Punching Load Assigns command to access the Punching Load Assignments form and display all of the punching load assignments made to the selected joint.
Note: The Design menu > Steel Frame Design > API Punching Load Assigns command is available only when the steel design code is set to API RP2A-WSD2000 or API RP2A-LFRD97.
Select the joint(s) for which punching load assignments are to be displayed.
Click the Design menu > Steel Frame Design > API Punching Load Assigns command to access the Punching Load Assignments form.
If multiple joints were selected before the command was used, the Punching Load Assignments form will display only the Do NOT check this joint check box. When this check box is checked, all of the selected joints will be flagged to be skipped when the punching load check is performed.
If one joint was selected before the command was used, the form has the following areas:
Joint Name display box. Identifies the name of the selected joint.
Do NOT check this joint check box. When this check box is checked, the selected joint will be flagged to be skipped when the punching load check is performed.
Current Punching Load Check Status for this Joint area. This area of the form indicates if the program will check the joint. Typically, if the program will not check the joint, the reason for not checking it is displayed in this area.
Joint Check Parameters spreadsheet. This spreadsheet summarizes the punching load assignments for the selected joint. The steel design code (API RP2A-WSD2000 or API RP2A-LRFD 97) selected in the steel design preferences determines the availability of some parameters (for example, phi factors and Vwa). When you click on an item in the Joint Check Parameters spreadsheet, a description of that item displays in the Item Description area. The first column in the Joint Check Parameters spreadsheet lists the punching load assignment items. The other columns list the assignments for each of the line objects (frame members) that are connected to the joint. All of the data for a single line object is contained in a single column in the table. The line object name is given in the second row of the table.
Set to Default or Previous Values. Depending on the option selected, the values displayed in the Joint Check Parameters spreadsheet will be restored to default values or to the values specified when the form was opened.
Selected Items option. Choose this option to set values for the selected item only.
Selected Column option. Choose this option to set all values in the selected column.
Selected Row option. Choose this option to set all values in the selected row.
All option. Choose this option to set all values in the spreadsheet
Set to Default Values button. Click this button to reset the specified value(s) to defaults.
Set to Previous Values button. Click the button to reset the specified value(s) to the values specified when the form was opened.
Explanation of Color Coding for Values area. The items in the Joint Check Parameters area are color-coded blue, black or red. The meaning of each color code is defined in the this area of the form.