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STAAD Commands and Input Instructions
Section 5
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5.20.7 Composite Decks
As explained in section 1.7.7 of this manual, a composite deck
generation facility is now built into the program. The command
syntax for defining the deck within the STAAD input file is as
shown below.
START DECK DEFINITION
_DECK deck-name
PERIPHERY member-list
DIRECTION d
1
d
2
d
3
COMPOSITE member-list
OUTER member-list
VENDOR name
FC f
1
CT f
2
CD f
3
RBH f
4
RBW f
5
PLT f
6
PLW f
7
DIA f
8
HGT f
9
DR1 f
10
SHR f
11
CMP f
12
CW f
13
MEMB cw-member-list
END DECK DEFINITION
where,
deck-name = an alphanumeric name specified by the user to
identify the deck. The deck-name line must start
with '_DEC'. The deck-name is the second word