Main Menus

The main menus at the top of the screen will aid with the design of the steel sections and other additional checks, viewing and printing of the output, selection of design codes and some additional options as outlined below.

Edit-View

Automatic Design: Takes you to the Automatic Design tab at the bottom of the screen. See 📄 Auto Design Procedure

Elastic Critical Load Fator: Takes you to the ctitical load factor tab and results at the bottom of the screen.📄 Stability & Fire Boundary - Elastic Critical Load Factor

Sway Stability Check: Takes you to the Sway Stability check option and results at the bottom of the screen. 📄 Stability & Fire Boundary - Sway Stability, Snap Through and Fire Boundary Design Checks

Snap Through Stability Checks: Takes you to the Snap Through Stability check at the bottom of the screen. 📄 Stability & Fire Boundary - Sway Stability, Snap Through and Fire Boundary Design Checks

Fire Boundary Checks: Takes you to the Fire Boundary check at the bottom of the screen. 📄 Stability & Fire Boundary - Sway Stability, Snap Through and Fire Boundary Design Checks

List of selected Nodal Displacements Takes you to the Nodal Displacements at the bottom of the screen.

Lateral and Torsional Restraints: Takes you to the Lateral and Torsional Restraints at the bottom of the screen.

Find Next Fail: Takes you to the Scan for Failures option.

Edit Frame: Takes you to the MasterPort editing screen.

Lean Design Tools: Takes you to theMateria; Utilization report window.

Lean Design Tools: Takes you to theMateria; Utilization report window for the current design group.

Print

Project Title and Job Reference: Insert the project title and job refs for printing.

Print current screen only: Print the current member design calcs and graphics.

Print Geometry: Print the frame geometry.

Print Data File: Print the frame data text file.

View Tabular Analysis Output: View the analysis results in tabular format.

Print Tabular Analysis Output: Print the analysis results in tabular format.

View/Print Graphical Output: View/print the analysis results in graphical format.

Print Design Output: Print all or user selected design calcs.

Print All Sway, Snap hrough and fire boundary checks: Print the sway, snap through and fire boundary checks

Export to Word

Export Current Screen only to word: Export the current member design calcs and graphics to Word.

Export Design Output to word: Export all or user selected design calcs to Word.

Export All Sway, Snap hrough and fire boundary checks: Export the sway, snap through and fire boundary checks to Word.

Codes

BS 5950: Use BS 5950 for steel design.

EC3-2005+A1: Use EC3 for steel design. lets you select which National Annex to use UK or Default (Euro)

SABS 0162: Use SABS 0162 for steel design (South African code).

SANS 10162-1:2005: Use SANS 10162-1:2005 for steel design (South African code).

Use Annex I from BS 5950:2000 for stocky members.

Use SCI P355 for web openings in steel design.

Options

Global Design Options: Open up the Global steel design settings window.

Plastic Analysis: This option runs a plastic analysis of the model.

Bending, Shear and Deflection Diagrams: Takes you to the graphical analysis output.

Deflection Limits: Opens the Deflection Limits table.

Check to point of contraflexure: Assumes point of contraflexure to be a restraint point.

Reverse Bending Moment: Shows the bending moment diagram on the compression side.

Print both Simplified & More Exact: Prints simplified and exact design of the members.

Help

MasterSeries Learnng Centre: Opens up Masterseries Guidance page.

Help: Contents: Open the steel design help manual.

Open tutorials on MasterFrame, Steel design, Connections design and Truss design.

Start Remote Support Session: Opens a remote support sessions with MasterSeries help.

About Masterseries: Provides details about version, detail, and other details of MS licence

Integrated Design

If you have switched off the Simplified Interface in the editing end of the program prior to going into the design end, then the Integrated Design menu will also appear in the main menus at the top of the screen. These options will allow you to add design briefs to members of the frame since the automatic application of briefs when the simplified interface is on, is no longer available with it off.

Deflection Limits

Opens up the Deflection Limits table.

Section Filter for Depth, Width and Thickness

Allows filtering of sections for depth, width and thickness.

Show critical and non-critical load case

Displays the critical and non-critical cases based on the current design briefs.

Design and deflection load cases

Allows you to differentiate between design and deflection load cases.

Adds an AutoCheck - Group Check.

Axially Loaded Members with Moments

Apply an Axially Loaded Members with Moments design brief.

Appendix-G stability check

Apply an Appendix-G stability check to a member.

Automatic Design

Takes you into the automatic design area.

Elastic Critical Load Factor

Apply an Elastic Critical Load Factor check to the frame.