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General purpose cold-formed steel
component design software
Cross-Section Capabilities
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Any cold-formed steel shape, including panels
Composite shapes such as back-to-back cees
Open and closed shapes, including cylindrical tubes
Outside or centerline dimensioning
Holes in elements
Editing features: cut, copy, paste, insert ribs
Section libraries for SSMA, LGSI, and HUD
Output geometry to DXF file
Example Sections
Working With Sections
Numerous material choices
Graphical
interface
Customize
material
Cold work of
forming option
Convert
units with
drop-down
Section Calculations
• Full and net section properties using exact integrations
• Torsional properties calculated using rounded corners
• Carbon steel design per 2004 AISI North American
Specification, as well as 2001 and 1999 Editions
• Stainless steel design per 2002 ASCE Specification
• ASD, LRFD, and LSD strengths for tension,
compression, bending, and shear
• Effective section properties at yield stress
Example Output
Design Checks
• Member check
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Strengths based on specified unbraced lengths
Axial/bending interaction equations
Bending/shear interaction equations
Effective section properties at applied loads
• Web-crippling check
– Web-crippling strength for unreinforced webs
– Web-crippling/bending interaction equations
Design Check Dialogs
Analysis Capabilities
• Analysis problem types
– Beam-columns
– Continuous beams
– Multi-span beams with laps
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Horizontal, vertical, and torsional supports
Discrete bracing and one-flange bracing
Axial loads and lateral loads at any angle
ASD and LRFD load combinations
Member checks and web-crippling checks
Working With Analyses
Lapped Members
Discrete
Braces
Wind Uplift Load
Top Flange
Braced
Analysis Diagrams
Design Check Options
Run all load
combinations
Run current load
combination
Specify locations
to report
Add other
checkpoints
Example Member Check
Design
parameters
Loads and
design
strengths
Effective
section
properties
Interaction
Equations
Elastic Buckling Analysis
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Finite Strip Method
Any shape part
Automatic element meshing
User-specified stress
distribution
Elastic Buckling Profile
Local
Buckling
Panel
Buckling
Distortional
Buckling
TorsionalFlexural
Buckling
Download the free “light”
version of CFS
www.rsgsoftware.com
RSG Software, Inc.
2803 NW Chipman Road
Lee’s Summit, MO 64081
[email protected]