to whom it may concern,
as you can see i inputted a sample beam in staad pro connect edition. it is a 5m beam tube is 48.3mm diameter and 4mm thickness with a yeild stress of 142000kN/m2 and has a load of W = 0.225kN/m. now when i use the code i set the DFF = 360, Fy = 142000kN/m2, ratio = 1.0, then inputted CHECK CODE. When i ran the STAAD it tends to be safe in the unity check. well that's impossible because the local deflection is 32.116mm and the allowable is 5000/360 = 13.8mm but in the unity check it says it passed. Im just trying to study more about the program. maybe there is another way to automatically check the defection. i am trying to prove that the program will automatically tell me if the member has failed due to deflection because sometimes we are dealing at a massive structures and check it individually takes time.
Regards,
Manuel