Getting Started

This section will guide you through a session of preparing and printing a calculation. We will use the General Timber Beam calculation because it contains all the features available in the Structural Engineering Library.

This sample session will cover these topics. If you are viewing this in the HTML help system, just click on an item to jump right to the section.

·	Starting the Program

·	Project Assistant

·	Creating a Project File

·	Entering Project Information

·	Setting up your Title Block

·	Adding a Calculation

·	Viewing the Calculation Screen

·	Entering Data

·	Selecting Sections and Materials from Built-in Databases

·	Displaying a Sketch

·	Displaying Diagrams

·	Automatic Member Section Selection

·	Printing a Calculation

·	Saving a Calculation

·	Editing a Division Name and Adding a New Division

·	Adding Another Calculation

·	Creating a Technical Support Question

·	Closing a Project File