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D. Chinese Steel Design

The SSDD application for steel design to the Chinese code is integrated as the Chinese Steel Design workflow.

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D. To perform steel design per the Chinese code

To design steel members per the Chinese GB 50017-2017 code, use the following procedure.

In order to use the Chinese steel design workflow, the steel sections must be from the Chinese steel section table or from a user-provided table. Refer to the SSDD Technical Reference document for additional details.
  1. Open an input file in STAAD.Pro which contains the steel sections to be designed.
  2. Perform a successful analysis.
  3. Select Chinese Steel Design in the Workflows panel.

    The model opens in the SSDD window.
Refer to the SSDD documentation for additional assistance.