Steel beams with the Fabrication type set to Plated can be autodesigned or checked to AISC 360-05, 360-10 and 360-16, provided the section is selected from the lists of Plated Beams or Plated Columns highlighted below.

Checking of a plated section selected from any of the other lists of Compound section types (e.g. Rolled I-sections with Plates) is beyond scope.

While one plated beam section has been provided as a default, you can define (and save) your own plated sections to the database by clicking the Add... button shown below.

A "Plated Beams" section order file is available when autodesigning, although initially this will only contain the one plated beam section shown above, you would have to manually add any plated sections you define to the order file to have them considered in the autodesign process. For further details, see: Manage design section orders.

In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections with the following current limitations:

• The design is for non-composite sections only.
• Slender Sections are beyond scope.
• Only parallel flange sections can be used.

Steel beams with the Fabrication type set to Plated can be autodesigned or checked to Eurocodes provided the section is selected from the lists of Plated Beams or Plated Columns highlighted below.

Checking of a plated section selected from any of the other lists of Compound section types (e.g. Rolled I-sections with Plates) is beyond scope.

While one plated beam section has been provided as a default, you can define (and save) your own plated sections to the database by clicking the Add... button shown below.

A "Plated Beams" section order file is available when autodesigning, although initially this will only contain the one plated beam section shown above, you would have to manually add any plated sections you define to the order file to have them considered in the autodesign process. For further details, see: Manage design section orders.

In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections.

Steel beams with the Fabrication type set to Plated can be autodesigned or checked to BS 5950 provided the section is selected from the lists of Plated Beams or Plated Columns highlighted below.

Checking of a plated section selected from any of the other lists of Compound section types (e.g. Rolled I-sections with Plates) is beyond scope.

While one plated beam section has been provided as a default, you can define (and save) your own plated sections to the database by clicking the Add... button shown below.

A "Plated Beams" section order file is available when autodesigning, although initially this will only contain the one plated beam section shown above, you would have to manually add any plated sections you define to the order file to have them considered in the autodesign process. For further details, see: Manage design section orders.

In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections.

When the steel beam Fabrication type is set to Plated the range of compound sections highlighted below can be autodesigned or checked to the Indian design code.

The section shapes supported are:

• Plated Beams
• Plated Columns
• Doubled Rolled I Sections
• Doubled Rolled I sections with Plates
• Rolled Channels (toe to toe)
• Rolled Channels (back to back)

The scope of design of these compound sections includes both beams and columns and autodesign.

A "Plated Beams" section order file is available when autodesigning, although initially this will only contain one plated beam section, so you would have to manually add any plated sections you define to the order file to have them considered in the autodesign process. For further details, see: Manage design section orders.

In general, the scope of strength checks undertaken is the same as for rolled sections with the following current limitations:

• The design is for non-composite sections only.
• Slender Sections are beyond scope.
• High Shear case with minor axis moment is beyond scope.
• Design of the lacing or battening system is beyond scope.
• Only parallel flange sections can be used.

When the Fabrication type is set to Plated, only welded doubly symmetric I-section beams (as highlighted below) can be autodesigned or checked to the Australian code.

A pre-defined range of these is available from the Welded Beams page of the Select Section dialog - these can be both checked and autodesigned.

Autodesign requires a Design section order to be specified, the "Welded Beams" design section order is provided for this purpose.

While you can add to the range of welded beams the Select Section dialog by clicking the Add... button, any such user-defined beams can only be analyzed, but are not designed.

Plated beams available on other pages of the Select Section dialog can be analyzed, but are not designed.