A nonlinear static staged construction load case is defined by using stages, with the option of multiple operations being specified for a single stage. Depending on the user's input on the "Results Saved for Nonlinear Static Load Cases" form, the program can save either a single result or multiple results (called steps) for a given stage:
Currently, the results are reported only in the terms of cumulative steps and the user would need to determine (based on the number of steps saved for a stage) the correspondence between output steps and input stages. When time-dependent behavior is considered for staged construction load case, the program saves one additional step per stage to calculate the time dependent effects.