Aluminium – Cross-section AutoDesign

Autodesign of cross-section steel check is the same part as the Autodesign locates in the standard Aluminium > Check.

Autodesign in Aluminium service

When the user clicks on action button Autodesign then the following dialogue appears. The dialogue is a bit different from the one used in the general Autodesign but the functionality is the same.

We will focus on Autodesign running from Autodesign service in this case. Generally results based on the same settings in Autodesign and the individual service have to be the same.

Illustrative example

Let us consider a very simple example of an aluminium beam for Autodesign. The structure is subject to the uniform load and to the axial force at the end. The aim of this example is to find the optimal height of aluminium cross-section defined as a general cross-section.

The Autodesign function is defined for this cross-section. You can see the settings in the following figure,

In this case only one parameter (height of cross-section) is available. Therefore advance Autodesign is not used. Other settings are the same as for the standard steel Autodesign.

Autodesign can be run in one step using Autodesign all.

The results are automatically printed in preview.

Evaluation of the aluminium unity check along the beam is compared in the following figures. The initial height of the cross-section was 200mm. The optimized value is 800mm. Evaluation of the steel check for the initial cross-section dimensions.

Evaluation of the steel check for the optimized cross-section dimensions.