The Materials table in the "Steel Design" category lists all the materials you have created in the model.
Valid Materials
Steel design is linked to the materials of the steel type. The font color of the materials gives you the information about the utilization and validity of the material. The colors have the following meaning:
- Red = material not suitable for design in the active add-on
- Blue = material not used in the entire model
- Gray = objects with this material are not selected for design in the active add-on
Objects with invalid materials assigned are not included in the design, even if the "To design" option is activated for this material. They are automatically displayed as "Not Valid / Deactivated" in the Objects to Design table.
Removing Material from Design
For a valid material, you can exclude all objects with this material assigned from the design by deactivating the "To Design" check box. These objects are then classified as "Not Valid / Deactivated" in the Objects to Design) table and not analyzed in the design.
Adjusting Material Properties for Design
If you want to use user-defined strengths or partial safety factors for the steel design, you can adjust the material properties: Double-click the corresponding table row or use the
button in the table toolbar to open the dialog box for editing material.
In the "Main" tab, activate the User-defined material option. This way, you can edit the material properties. For example, you can adjust the material stiffnesses and strengths in the individual thickness ranges in the Material Values tab.
In the Steel Design tab, you can also adjust the partial safety factors of the material according to the selected standard standard, for example, γM0 and γM1 for EN 1993.
Options
The symbols in the "Options" column of the table refer to various settings or modified values. They allow you to quickly get an overview to identify materials with adjusted properties, for example.