This window is displayed when you select Member Check or Web Crippling from the Compute menu, and the active window is an analysis. It offers three options on which design checks to include in the report:
Report controlling location among all load combinations
This option will check all critical locations (as described below) for every load combination, and report only the one with the highest unity check value. It will also change the current load combination to the one that controlled.
Report controlling location for EACH load combinations
This option will check all critical locations (as described below) for every load combination, and report the one with the highest unity check value for each load combination.
Report controlling location for THIS load combination
This option will check all critical locations (as described below) for the current load combination, and report only the one with the highest unity check value.
Report selected locations for THIS load combination
This option lets you select which locations to check and include in the report. It provides a list of critical locations from which to choose. For member checks, you may also specify any other location in the analysis to check.
| Locations | For member checks, this list includes locations of shear and moment minima and maxima, brace points, and support points. For web crippling checks, it includes locations of each load carrying support and each concentrated load. If a particular location could have different results on each side of the location (due to a difference in shear, unbraced length, axial load, or end of a member), then the entry will indicate left side or right side (or upper/lower side for vertical members). You may select as many of these locations as you want. |
| Check All Button | You may quickly select all the locations in the list by pressing the Check All button. Then the button will change to Uncheck All, which you may use to deselect all the locations. |
| Add Button | The list of locations may not necessarily contain all controlling locations. For example, if the unbraced length varies significantly within a member span, the maximum forces may not occur within the controlling unbraced length. To add a different location to the list, enter it here and press the Add button. This will add it to the list and select it. If the location could have different results on each side of the entered location, the entry will indicate left side or right side. |