Reducible live-load pattern

To implement reducible live load, a load pattern of type Reducible Live must first be defined, as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1 - Reducible-live-load-pattern definition

Live-load reduction factors

Live-load-reduction factors may then be assigned on a member-by-member basis. This may be done either within the graphical user interface, once design is complete, by right-clicking on a member, or it may be done using interactive database editing, as shown in Figures 2 and 3:

Figure 2 - Reducible-live-load-factor overwrite

Figure 3 - Reducible-live-load-factor interactive database editing

See Also

• Range-add load combination article, which concerns obtaining maximum response from series of load cases