1. Home
  2. Tekla Structural Designer
  3. Review models
  4. Review model properties (show/alter state)
  5. Show/alter state
  6. Review and set live load reduction

Review and set live load reduction

Tekla Structural Designer
2021
Tekla Structural Designer

Review and set live load reduction

By selecting the Live load reduction attribute in Show/Alter State you can graphically review and set live load reduction parameters.

Tip: Graphical editing will typically be more effective than the alternative of opening the Properties dialog box for each member individually.

Review load reduction attributes

  1. Open a view and change the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review tab, click Show/Alter State.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Live load reduction
  5. Set Mode to Review.
  6. Set the Load reduction attribute as required:
    • Applied live load reduction factor
    • KLL
    • Reduce live loads by
  7. If reviewing the applied live load reduction factor, choose the loadcase type to review:
    • Live
    • Roof Live
    The view updates to display the selected load reduction attribute information.
Tip: Hover the cursor over a member to see all the above attributes in a tooltip.

Set 'Reduce live loads by' percentage for slabs

To graphically reduce live loads on slabs by a percentage proceed as follows:
  1. Open a view and change the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review tab, click Show/Alter State.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Live load reduction
  5. Set Mode to Set.
  6. Set the Load reduction attribute to Reduce live loads by.
  7. Enter the percentage.
  8. Click or box around slabs in the Review view to apply the new percentage.
    The view updates to display the revised reduction percentages.
Tip: Hover the cursor over slabs that don't have the currently selected percentage reduction to see their attributes in a tooltip.

Set KLL factor

To graphically set the KLL property proceed as follows:
  1. Open a view and change the view regime to Review View.
  2. On the Review tab, click Show/Alter State.
  3. Go to the Properties window.
  4. In the Attribute list, select Live load reduction
  5. Set Mode to Set.
  6. Set the Load reduction attribute to KLL.
  7. Enter the KLL value.
  8. Uncheck Entire member if you only want the value to apply to individual stacks/spans.
  9. Click or box around entities to apply the new value.
Tip: Set the Entity type to Beam, Column, or Wall to work on specific entities only.
Was this helpful?
Previous
Next