Design of Steel Structures#

List of available tutorials#

List of SSD tasks and general features#

See also

In the “VERiFiCATiON Manual - Design” you will find a compilation of a number of selected design benchmarks, each benchmark focusing on a specific (design) topic details:
SOFiSTiK SSD/Teddy Help User Manuals Verification Manual - Design.
You can also visit the online verification benchmark portal by following:
https://www.sofistik.de/documentation/2024/en/verification/

Workflow steps for steel design#

digraph L { node [shape=record fontname=Arial]; a1 [label="Prepare all project data\n"] a2 [label="Create a new SSD project file\l\l- Define a project\l- Select design code\l- Select system\l"] a4 [label="Define materials"] a5 [label="Define cross sections\n"] a6 [label="System and load generation\n"] a7 [label="Linear Analysis\n"] a8 [label="Define combinations"] a9 [label="Analysis of defined combination"] a10 [label="Design\l\l- Cross-section resistance check\l- Buckling resistance check\l"] a1 -> a2 -> a4 -> a5 -> a6 -> a7 -> a8 -> a9 -> a10 }

Objectives#

Working through the available tutorials the user will learn the general SOFiSTiK Steel Design Workflow.

Tutorial Name

Objectives

Portal Frame

  • Start a new project

  • Define materials

  • Define cross-sections

  • Define cross-sections inside Cross Section Editor

  • Generate system inside SOFiPLUS

  • Generate loads inside SOFiPLUS

  • Generate load combinations

  • Run analysis

  • Run design

  • Design results

Imperfection Concept

  • Generate loads inside SOFiPLUS

  • Run linear analysis

  • Generate load combinations

  • Run second order analysis

Cross-Section Class 4 Concept

  • SIG NEFF

  • Iterative method

  • Export cross-section effective properties to MS Excel

  • Visualize the results via ResultViewer

In the “General features & Workflow” chapter: the tasks, input steps, workflows, etc. are explained for a better user understanding. The “General feature” documentation will try to give answers for frequent asked questions (FAQs).

General feature & Workflow

Objectives

Definition of eccentricity for structural lines

  • Available options

  • SOFiPLUS(X) line load dialog