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A nonlinear-static [staged-construction|kb:Staged construction] load case is defined using stages, possibly with multiple [operations|kb:Staged-construction operations] specified for each stage. A single result or multiple results may be saved for a given stage, depending upon the input assigned to the Results Saved for Nonlinear Static Load Cases form, shown in Figure 1:

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{center-text}Figure 1 - Results Saved for Nonlinear Static Load Cases{center-text}

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Results are reported in terms of cumulative steps. The correspondence between output steps and input stages must be determined according to the number of steps saved for a given stage. When time-dependent behavior is considered for a staged-construction [load case|kb:Load case], the software saves one additional step per stage to calculate the time-dependent effects.