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Steel Portal Frame EC3 RUNET software
7 Files
New, Open, Reopen, Save, Save As
A standard windows dialog is displayed, where you should select a file name.
Reopen, Keeps a list of the five (5) more recent files, to open them directly.
All the data of a project are saved in file *.SteelPortalFrameEC3.
After you opened an old or new file the changes are saved automatically.
In the folder /examples you will find examples of ready frame structures.
8 Parameters
Basic program parameters for materials, design parameters and regions for snow, wind and earthquake loading.
8.1 National Annex
Select the National Annex of the country you want to work. To do this first click Locked to unlock. The various design parameters (load factors, material factors etc..) are set according to the National annex. This does don affect the regions for snow, wind and earthquake, which have to be selected from the next menu lines of the parameter menu.
8.2 Materials
Structural steel, Concrete, Reinforcing steel and Soils for the foundation. You can change
(edit) material properties.
In order to avoid accidental material changes the edit capabilities are locked. To edit, click first
to unlock the edit capabilities. With you add or delete lines from the property tables, with the original program values are loaded.
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