Tedds 10.0 Manual - Aug 2007

10.
0 Training Manual
August 2007
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CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1
1.1
1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3
WHAT IS TEDDS? .......................................................................................................3

TEDDS ..............................................................................................................................................3 TEDDS for Word ................................................................................................................................3 Information & Help............................................................................................................................3
1.2
1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5
TEDDS FOR WORD ......................................................................................................4

Using TEDDS for Word you can:.........................................................................................................4 TEDDS for Word Screen Layout..........................................................................................................4 The Library Access System.................................................................................................................6 Calculation Documents ......................................................................................................................7 TEDDS Calculations ...........................................................................................................................7
2.0 USING THE CALCULATIONS .................................................................. 11

2.1
2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.1.7 2.1.8 2.1.9 2.1.10 2.1.11 2.1.12 2.1.13
EXERCISE 1: TEDDS CALCULATION INTERFACES .............................................................13

Design Brief..................................................................................................................................... 13 Inserting a Calculation to the Document........................................................................................... 13 Calculating ...................................................................................................................................... 14 TEDDS Data Lists ............................................................................................................................ 16 Validation Errors .............................................................................................................................. 17 Engineering Information .................................................................................................................. 17 Results Preview ............................................................................................................................... 18 Progress Log ................................................................................................................................... 18 Output ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Variable Manager............................................................................................................................. 20 Re-Calculating ................................................................................................................................. 20 Document Header and Printing ........................................................................................................ 21 Saving............................................................................................................................................. 21
2.2
2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5
EXERCISE 2: EDITING CALCULATIONS ............................................................................25

Editing Calculations.......................................................................................................................... 25 Design Brief: ................................................................................................................................... 25 Copying Output ............................................................................................................................... 26 Editing the Copied Calculations ........................................................................................................ 27 Output ............................................................................................................................................ 29
2.3
2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.3.5
EXERCISE 3: LINKING CALCULATIONS............................................................................33

Linking Calculations ......................................................................................................................... 33 Design Brief: ................................................................................................................................... 33 Inserting Multiple Calculations.......................................................................................................... 33 Calculating Multiple Calculations....................................................................................................... 34 Output ............................................................................................................................................ 38
2.4
2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.4.7
EXERCISE 4: ADDING YOUR OWN LINKS ........................................................................41

Linking Calculations ......................................................................................................................... 41 Design Brief: ................................................................................................................................... 41 Deleting Calculations ....................................................................................................................... 41 Writing Basic Calculations ................................................................................................................ 41 Evaluating Basic Calculations ........................................................................................................... 42 Variable Manager............................................................................................................................. 43 Appending a Calculation .................................................................................................................. 43
2.5
2.5.1 2.5.2 2.5.3 2.5.4
EXERCISE 5: CALCULATION SECTIONS ...........................................................................47

Design Brief: ................................................................................................................................... 49 Inserting Calcs into Sections ............................................................................................................ 49 Output ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Manually inserting Calc Sections....................................................................................................... 54
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2.5.5
Working with Calc Sections .............................................................................................................. 54
2.6
2.6.1 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.6.4 2.6.5 2.6.6 2.6.7 2.6.8 2.6.9 2.6.10 2.6.11 2.6.12 2.6.13
EXERCISE 6: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER!......................................................................59

Design Brief: ................................................................................................................................... 59 Beam Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 59 Viewing Hidden Text........................................................................................................................ 62 Document Variables......................................................................................................................... 63 Inserting a Calculation Section ......................................................................................................... 64 Viewing TEDDS Field Codes ............................................................................................................. 64 Linking Calculations ......................................................................................................................... 65 Calculate Calculation Section............................................................................................................ 65 Calc Section Variables ...................................................................................................................... 67 Copy and Paste Calc Sections........................................................................................................... 68 Calculate Calculation Section............................................................................................................ 69 Calc Section Variables ...................................................................................................................... 70 Re-Calculating ................................................................................................................................. 71
3.0 WRITING CALCULATIONS .................................................................... 73

3.1
3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.6
EXERCISE 7: WRITING BASIC CALCULATIONS .................................................................77

Design Brief..................................................................................................................................... 77 Defining Variables............................................................................................................................ 77 Output Expressions.......................................................................................................................... 78 Variables ......................................................................................................................................... 79 Performing Calculations ................................................................................................................... 80 Further Calculations......................................................................................................................... 81
3.2
3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5
EXERCISE 8: TEDDS INPUT FIELDS ..............................................................................87

Design Brief..................................................................................................................................... 87 Inserting a TEDDS Input Field.......................................................................................................... 87 Calculating a TEDDS Input Field....................................................................................................... 88 More TEDDS Input Fields ................................................................................................................. 88 Viewing the TEDDS Input Field ........................................................................................................ 89
3.3
3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4
EXERCISE 9: TEDDS DATA LISTS .................................................................................93

Design Brief..................................................................................................................................... 93 Inserting a TEDDS Data List Field..................................................................................................... 93 Calculating a TEDDS Data List Field.................................................................................................. 94 Using Data List Variables ................................................................................................................. 95
3.4
3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 3.4.5 3.4.6
EXERCISE 10: TEDDS OUTPUT FIELDS ..........................................................................99

Inserting a TEDDS Message Field ..................................................................................................... 99 Calculating a TEDDS Message Field ................................................................................................ 100 Inserting a TEDDS Progress Log Field ............................................................................................ 101 Calculating a TEDDS Progress Log Field ......................................................................................... 101 Inserting a TEDDS Show Field........................................................................................................ 102 Calculating a TEDDS Show Field..................................................................................................... 102
3.5
3.5.1 3.5.2
EXERCISE 11: FORMATTING YOUR CALCULATIONS .........................................................105

Applying Paragraph Styles.............................................................................................................. 106 Tidying and Saving Your Calculation............................................................................................... 106
3.6
3.6.1 3.6.2 3.6.3 3.6.4 3.6.5 3.6.6
EXERCISE 12: TEDDS DATA TABLES ...........................................................................109

Design Brief................................................................................................................................... 110 Inserting a TEDDS Data Table Field ............................................................................................... 111 Calculating a TEDDS Data Table Field............................................................................................. 112 Searching in Data Tables ............................................................................................................... 113 Using Data Table Variables ............................................................................................................ 114 Tidying and Saving Your Calculation............................................................................................... 114
4.0 THE LIBRARY ACCESS SYSTEM........................................................... 115

4.1
4.1.1
EXERCISE 13: USER LIBRARIES ..................................................................................119

Creating a Set ............................................................................................................................... 119
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4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6
Creating a Group ........................................................................................................................... 120 Saving an Item.............................................................................................................................. 120 Saving a Set .................................................................................................................................. 122 Using Your Calculations in TEDDS for Word ................................................................................. 123 Using Your Calculations in TEDDS ............................................................................................... 123
4.2
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4
EXERCISE 14: TEDDS CALC ITEM FIELD......................................................................127

Saving Components ....................................................................................................................... 127 Insert TEDDS Field - Calc Item....................................................................................................... 128 Saving a Main Design Item ........................................................................................................... 128 Deleting Items............................................................................................................................... 129
5.0 TEDDS UTILITES ................................................................................. 131

5.1
5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4 5.1.5 5.1.6 5.1.7 5.1.8 5.1.9 5.1.10 5.1.11 5.1.12
EXERCISE 15: SECTION PROPERTIES TOOL ...................................................................133

Exercise Aims ................................................................................................................................ 135 Launch the Section Property Tool................................................................................................... 135 Adding Pre-Defined Shape ............................................................................................................. 137 Copying & Rotating........................................................................................................................ 138 Moving and Snapping Shapes Together.......................................................................................... 138 Grouping Shapes ........................................................................................................................... 139 Insert a User Defined Shape .......................................................................................................... 139 Snapping Shapes Together ............................................................................................................ 140 Positioning the Shape .................................................................................................................... 140 Viewing the Section Properties ....................................................................................................... 141 Storing the Section ........................................................................................................................ 142 Returning Section Details to the Document..................................................................................... 142
5.2
5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3
EXERCISE 16: SIMPLE BEAM ANALYSIS........................................................................145

Design Brief................................................................................................................................... 145 Calculating the Simple Beam Analysis Utility ................................................................................... 145 Simple Beam Analysis Output......................................................................................................... 147
5.3
5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5
EXERCISE 17: GENERAL BEAM ANALYSIS .....................................................................151

Beam Geometry............................................................................................................................. 152 Beam Loading ............................................................................................................................... 153 Span Loading ................................................................................................................................ 153 Load Combinations ........................................................................................................................ 154 Output Options.............................................................................................................................. 155
Using this Training Manual

Using this Training Manual
This document contains useful information as well as a number of exercises for you to work through. To make it easy to follow we have used the following symbols:
Action
Bullet
this symbol indicates an action for you to perform

this symbol indicates an important note for you to understand
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
TEDDS & TEDDS for Word
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1.1 What is TEDDS?

TEDDS The Calc Pad for the Professional Engineer - is a software program that allows you run pro-forma calculations or to create and edit your own calculations.
When you first load TEDDS you will get the option to run TEDDS or TEDDS for Word. Although the whole package is collectively known as TEDDS, there is a difference between the modes you can work in. The difference is as follows:
1.1.1
TEDDS
Is very simple, very powerful, completely self-contained and requires no knowledge of any other package. This mode gives you access to all the major pro-forma calculations and to most utilities. This mode is the best place to start using TEDDS although there are capabilities to export finished calculations into both Word and TEDDS for Word. TEDDS is very easy to use so we will not cover it during this course.
1.1.2
TEDDS for Word
Is even more powerful and is entirely integrated with Microsoft Word - in fact it operates in Word. So, of course, you need Word. In this mode you can run all the TEDDS pro-formas and utilities and also have all the editing features of Word at your disposal to create really complete and professional looking reports. In this mode you can also write your own pro-forma calculations.
1.1.3
Information & Help
Extensive documentation is available for both TEDDS and TEDDS for Word and can be accessed either from the application help menu or by using Windows Explorer to browse to C:\Program Files\CSC\TEDDS\Documentation.
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1.2 TEDDS for Word

TEDDS for Word enhances Microsoft Word to allow you to perform calculations in a Word document. In this way you get access to all the standard features of Word, together with all the calculation facilities of TEDDS for Word, allowing you to produce professional looking calculations for your projects.
1.2.1
Using TEDDS for Word you can:

TEDDS for Word,
use the Library Access System to access the standard pro-forma calculations provided with use the Library Access System to access the component calculations provided with TEDDS for Word, access Data Lists, Data Tables and Data Graphs incorporating their information within your calculations, use a wide range of calculation features to calculate anything from a single expression (calculation) through to an entire document, define and perform your own calculations in any Word document quickly and simply, using the standard variable names with which you are totally familiar, automatically check the dimensional accuracy of your calculations by specifying the appropriate units for the Variables you use, structure your calculations by defining a series of discrete Calculation Sections in your document; the Variables in each Calculation Section are totally separate to those in other Calculation Sections, even if their names are the same.
1.2.2
TEDDS for Word Screen Layout
You can Start TEDDS using the icon on your desktop. From the TEDDS - Start Wizard click on TEDDS for Word. Take a few seconds to acquaint yourself with the TEDDS for Word and become familiar with the various parts so that you can work quickly and efficiently.
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Word 2007
If you are using Word 2007, the layout for TEDDS for Word will look quite different, as shown below. However, all of the same tools are still available.
TEDDS for Word Menu Bar

This allows you to access all the features of Microsoft Word, and TEDDS for Word.
TEDDS Format Toolbar

Allows you to control the format of your calculation sheet and helps you create calculations. Hover your cursor over any icon to see a tooltip and click to view the extended version of this toolbar.
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TEDDS Calcs Toolbar

This toolbar allows you to access the most common features of TEDDS for Word. Hover your cursor over any icon to see a tooltip and click to view the extended version of this toolbar.
Other TEDDS Toolbars

You can activate other TEDDS Toolbars by selecting TEDDS>Toolbars
1.2.3
The Library Access System
The TEDDS engineering library is accessed from the Library Access System, which opens in a separate window. The calculations can be selected from the TEDDS Calcs Index, and then by choosing the appropriate group. You can also locate calculations by using the Find command.
All TEDDS Calcs & Components Complete pro-formas & components (the entire library) TEDDS Calcs Complete pro-formas grouped by element and material My TEDDS Calcs User calculations saved to the library To run a pro-forma calculation in TEDDS for Word: Select the required calculation from the Library Access System. Insert the calculation into an active document Use one of the Calculate commands to start calculating. Page 6
1.2.4
Calculation Documents
In order to perform calculations, TEDDS for Word needs to integrate with Word itself. In order for this integration to work properly TEDDS for Word needs to add macros to the Word document so that TEDDS for Word can work on it correctly. To facilitate this TEDDS for Word comes with a range of templates which resemble the calculation pads used by engineers worldwide. These calculation templates contain the macros that TEDDS for Word needs and the paragraph styles which give your TEDDS for Word calculations a professional appearance.
1.2.5
TEDDS Calculations
which are the calculations you want to perform,
TEDDS for Word calculations contain seven components: 1. expressions 2. assignments which tells TEDDS for Word to calculate this expression, 3. results fields which define the type, format and precision for a particular result, 4. explanations which are an aid to understanding the calculations, 5. delimiters 6. units 7. Variables which you use to separate calculations from each other, which you can use in expressions and for results. which you can use later in your calculations,
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TEDDS Units
A powerful feature of TEDDS for Word is its ability to handle units, and to perform dimensional analysis on your equations. When TEDDS for Word performs calculations it always does so using a set of internal system units (known as base units). units are case sensitive, In TEDDS for Word all values are held to an accuracy of 15 decimal places. Metric base units shown below:
Unit Length Mass Time Temperature Angle TEDDS Base Unit
1m 1 kg 1s 1 C 1, 1 deg, 1 degs
Dimension
1L 1M 1T 1D dimensionless
When performing calculations TEDDS for Word: converts any value and unit it encounters into its base units using a comprehensive units database, stores this converted value, performs all calculations in these base units, stores any values derived by these calculations in these base units, converts its base units into the units required for a final result field outputs the converted result using the correct format and precision
TEDDS Variables
TEDDS calculations work by defining and using named Variables which: are case sensitive, so that Area and area are two separate Variables, take account of subscripts, so Aeff and Aeff are two separate Variables. Here is the general format of a simple Variable assignment in TEDDS:
Description Variable Name Value
Imposed Load ;
Delimiter
IL
0.5 kN/m2
Unit s
Assignment symbol
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Here is the general format for an expression:

Description Variable Name parentheses result locator output unit
Factored load ; wf
(1.6 IL + 1.4 DL)
?f2
kN/m
Delimiter
defined variable(s)
operators
equality
result format
Variables Manager
You can view the Variables defined in a calculation document using the Variables Manager.
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2.0 USING THE CALCULATIONS
TEDDS Calculation Interfaces
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2.1 Exercise 1: TEDDS Calculation Interfaces

2.1.1 Design Brief
Over the next few pages we will design some timber floor joists with the following design data: Floor span = 3200 mm Joist spacing Domestic imposed load Floor construction = 600 mm = 1.50 kN/m2
= 18mm chipboard, glass fibre insulation, 12.5mm plasterboard
2.1.2
Inserting a Calculation to the Document
Start TEDDS using the icon on your desktop. From the TEDDS - Start Wizard click on TEDDS for Word.
Launch the Library Access System Choose TEDDS Calcs from the drop list, and then double-click the Timber folder. This will show all the various timber designs available. Click on the Timber joist design (BS5268: Part2: 2002).
Note: Calculations can also be found using the Find tool at the bottom of the Library window. For example, type the word joist, and TEDDS will find all calculations with the word joist in the title. The arrows buttons will scroll through all appropriate calculations.
Click the Preview button Notes associated with the calculation.
on the Library Access System toolbar and you will see the
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Click the Execute button. Select Insert in active document to insert the calculation into your document. DO NOT tick the option to Add new Calc Section, as we will cover this later.
Now close the Library Access System. You can launch it again by clicking this button
2.1.3
Calculating
To start the calculation, click the Calculate All button . The various calculation options can also be accessed from the TEDDS>Calculate menu or by clicking the right mouse button on the document which will give the options below.
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The Timber floor joist design Interface and the Progress Log will appear:
Click on the Sketches button
to display the sketch associated with this calculation.
Close the Sketch window Use the drop down lists to input a breadth of joist b = 47mm, a depth of joist h = 150mm and a joist spacing s = 600mm, and set the clear span of joist Lcl = 3200mm.
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2.1.4
TEDDS Data Lists

and the timber grade stresses Data List
Then click Strength Class button will appear.
Select a C16 grade and then click the Details button to examine the values defined by this selection.
Click the Select button to continue the calculation. The selected grade will now be shown on the interface. Click Next and you will see a Validation Error message.
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2.1.5
Validation Errors
The information in the Message that appears is telling you that you need to specify the dead load. Other validation errors will occur if you specify inappropriate values.
Click OK to continue.
2.1.6
Engineering Information
Click in the edit box for the Dead load Fd. Move your cursor over the symbols preceding the text to read the information notes associated with this input. These notes can also be viewed in the information area at the top of the interface (expand/collapse using the small black arrow if required).
Input a Dead Load Fd = 0.25 kN/m2 Accept the default values for the imposed load and load duration Click Next and the results Preview will appear:
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2.1.7
Results Preview
The Results Preview will show the key results generally with a utilisation ratio and also a Pass/Fail status. If you are unhappy with the results you can click Back and return the input interfaces to amend your design. The Results Preview will also often give you options for the level of output and whether or not to include a sketch.
Even though this design is failing select Output level Full and check the Include a sketch option. Click Finish and the calculations will be written to the document and information will appear in the Progress Log.
2.1.8
Progress Log
Examine the Progress Log Window as it summarises the status of a check. You can examine the completed calculations in more detail if you want to know how that status has been determined, or how closely a check has passed or failed.
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2.1.9
Output
As we requested a Full level of output the full design calculation will be displayed on the calculation sheet.
The formulae shown in the document are the actual formulae used by TEDDS not just a presentable representation, so it is very easy to check and follow the calculations. Some lines of calculation may have been hidden from view as they are not vital for the output but are required in order for TEDDS to perform the calculation. You can display these hidden calculations by clicking Show Hidden Calcs. If you print the document with these
calculations showing they will also appear in the printed version. Some individual characters may also be hidden and they can be displayed by selecting Tools>Options>View and checking the box for Hidden text. If you click anywhere within the output the text should be shaded in grey this shows the extents of the calculation within the document and also indicates that there is a field in the background more about this later.
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2.1.10
Variable Manager
Every value that you specify or that TEDDS calculates is assigned a variable name and subsequent calculations use these names to refer to existing values. You can view the Variables that have been calculated so far in the Variables Manager.
Click on the Show Variables button.
Click OK.
2.1.11
Re-Calculating
Our initial 47 x 150 joists have failed the bending and deflection checks so we need to rerun the calculation and select a different size or timber grade.
Click Calculate All to re-run the calculation. The values you defined earlier will be recalled so all you need to do is change the depth to say h = 175 mm and accept the other values. On the Results Preview page change the output level to Summary.
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2.1.12
Document Header and Printing
Click the Calc Sheet Header Properties button
Enter some project details and click OK. Header.
The details will then be displayed in the document
If you have a printer connected to your PC you can print your document by clicking the Print button.
2.1.13
Saving
You save a TEDDS for Word document in exactly the same way that you would save a normal Word document i.e. by selecting File\Save or clicking the Save button. The saved file is a normal Word document with a .DOC file extension. A second file with the same name but with a .VBL extension will be saved in the same location as the document file. The .VBL file contains the list of Variables. If the .DOC and .VBL files become separated then the next time the document is opened you will need to re-calculate and re-enter all the data, to re-create the Variables and hence the .VBL file. You can have any number of documents open at any one time and switch between them via the Window menu.
Save the document as Timber Joist Design.doc (which will automatically create the Timber Joist Design.vbl file).
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Editing TEDDS Calculations
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2.2 Exercise 2: Editing Calculations

2.2.1 Editing Calculations
All of our calculations are created to very high standards, and will give you neat, accurate results. However, in some circumstances, you may wish to edit the output from a particular calculation to give you exactly what you want.
2.2.2
Design Brief:
Over the next few pages we will take the output from the previous example and make some minor adjustments, to show you the basic techniques you will need to be able to edit any calculations.
Open the Timber Joist Design document. Click Calculate All and select Full Output Level
It is now possible to make changes to this output, such as changing a variable value or formulae, BUT all changes would be lost if the design were to be recalculated. If you do want to make any amendments, then a copy of the part that you wish to change should be made, and pasted underneath the original output. The copied version can be edited and the changes will be retained.
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2.2.3
Copying Output
Highlight the section of output entitled Check Shear Stress.
Copy the highlighted section, and paste at the end of the document.
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2.2.4
Editing the Copied Calculations
We now have 4 Lines of calculations to practice editing with. The first line we will edit will be the title.
Delete the title - Check shear stress of the copied section of calculation, and replace it with the new title My Shear Stress Check.
We will now edit the next line down. The edit we will make to this line will be to change the accuracy of the answer from 3 decimal places to 2 decimal places.
Delete the answer for the second line in the copied output, and replace with ?f2.
Note: The question mark denotes where the answer will be placed, and the f2 denotes that the answer will FIXED to 2 decimal places. There must be no spaces between the characters.
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We will now edit the 3rd line down. The edit we will make to this line will be to change the units the answer is given in.
Delete the units for the third line in the copied output, and replace with kN/m2.
The final edit we will make to this section of calculations will be to the last line. The edit we will make will be to change part of the mathematical formula.
Delete the value 3 at the start of the 4th line formulae in the copied output, and replace with the number 5.
Note: Although this edit may not make any engineering sense, the purpose of doing so is to show you how to edit formulae within TEDDS for Word.
Click Calculate All to recalculate the whole document, which will include the edited copied parts of the calculations.
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2.2.5
Output
Now that the whole document has been recalculated, you will see that the original output is the same as before, but the copied version at the end of the document that has been edited, has retained the changes.
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Linking Calculations
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2.3 Exercise 3: Linking Calculations

2.3.1 Linking Calculations
Using TEDDS for Word, it is possible to link calculations together - for example from loading to analysis to design calculations. If the Variables of one calculation have the same name as the Variables of a subsequent calculation, then they will link together automatically.
2.3.2
Design Brief:
Over the next few pages we will size an internal strip foundation to support a wall with the following design data:
30 deg
4m Timber 1st Floor
4m
2.8m 2.8m 0.5m
Insitu Grd Floor
30 degree sloping timber roof spanning 4m to both sides Timber first floor, in-situ concrete ground floor spanning 4m to both sides First & second floor storey heights = 2.8m, 0.5m wall below ground floor level Wall thickness = 100mm Strip foundation depth = 450mm Allowable bearing pressure = 125 kN/m2
Close all open documents. Open a New Default Calc Sheet
2.3.3
Inserting Multiple Calculations
Launch the Library Access System and choose Calcs by Element. Execute the Wall load chase down (BS6399: Part 1:1996) and then RC strip footing design (BS8110: Part 1:1997) and insert them in to the same document.
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2.3.4
Calculating Multiple Calculations
Click Calculate All. TEDDS will run the calculations in the order that they appear in the document.
Review the Notes if you wish to. Specify 2 Stories, Sloping timber roof, Timber first floor, In-situ ground floor and for Wall type for chase down check the box for Internal wall. Note that you must specify internal wall loads to continue. Accept the default values. Click Next to continue.
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Set the roof slope = 30 degs, accept the default Roof dead loads, change the roof imposed load to RoofIL = 0.6 kN/m2 and specify a 4000 mm span on both sides.
Click Next to continue. Accept the default First floor loads and specify the Height of the 1st floor H1 = 2.8 m.
Click Next to continue. Accept the default Ground floor loads and specify the Height of ground floor Hgrnd = 2800 mm and Height below ground floor Hbelow = 500 mm.
Click Next.
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That completes the information for the wall load chase down and TEDDS will now perform the concrete strip footing calculation.
Set the Type of wall = Internal wall and choose to include a sketch if you want to. Click Next to continue. Specify Depth of soil overburden to top of footing ds = 250 mm, Internal wall footing thickness h2 and Thickness of internal iw = 450 mm, Allowable gross bearing pressure Ptot = 125 kN/m wall tiw = 100 mm.
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Because the load at the base of the wall was calculated as part of the wall load chase down and assigned the same Variable Name as the Total unfactored load on footing Wiw_u the numerical value is automatically placed in the corresponding input box:
Click Next to continue. The minimum internal wall footing width required will be displayed. Specify a footing width biw = 600 mm.
Click Next to continue. Read the Results Preview.
Click Finish.
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2.3.5
Output
The output for both calculations will be displayed on the calculation sheet. At the end of the wall load chase down calculation you should see the formula for Total unfactored load on foundation of the internal wall Wiw_u and part way through the strip footing design this same Variable Name is used to show the Total unfactored wall load on strip footing.
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Adding Your Own Links
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2.4 Exercise 4: Adding Your Own Links

2.4.1 Linking Calculations
If the Variable Names used in two calculations are not exactly the same they will not link together automatically. This is often the case if you are linking calculations from two different design codes. By running through each calculation you will be able to check the Variable Names used in each one and then write some simple formulae to create your own links.
2.4.2
Design Brief:
Over the next few pages we will re-run the load chase down omitting the lower level and size a steel beam at the first floor level with the following design data:
30 deg 4m
Timber 1st Floor 1.8m long beam
Beam Details Span = 1.8 m Roof and First Floor Details (same as previous exercise) 30 degree sloping timber roof spanning 4 m to both sides Timber first floor spanning 4 m to both sides First floor storey height = 2.8 m
4m
2.8m
2.4.3
Deleting Calculations
Highlight the calculations for the strip footing but not the wall load chase down results. Press the Delete key.
2.4.4
Writing Basic Calculations
Writing calculations is covered in detail in later exercises but for this exercise we will write some simple formulae to convert the results from the wall load chase down into Variables for moment and shear for use in steel beam design. From the wall load chase down calculation we know the Variable Name for: Total factored load on foundation of the internal wall;
Wiw_f
If you had already tried the simple steel beam design to BS5950 you would know that the Variable Names used are: Beam Span; Maximum shear force; Maximum bending moment;
L Fvy Mx
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Press the Enter key to add a few blank paragraphs beneath the wall load chase down output. Type the following lines of text make sure you use subscript formatting where shown:
2.4.5
Evaluating Basic Calculations
Click Calculate All. TEDDS will start at the beginning of the document again and run the calculations in the order that they appear. Change the wall load chase down calculation to 1 Storey with a Timber Ground floor.
Leave everything else the same and accept the default Ground floor dead loads.
Once the calculation is complete the values for shear and moment will be shown:
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2.4.6
Variable Manager
Click the Show Variables button.
The Variables for span, shear and moment will have been added to the list of Variables from the wall load chase down.
2.4.7
Appending a Calculation
Add a page break beneath these paragraphs by clicking the Insert page break button. Launch the Library Access System. Find the Steel simple beam analysis & design (BS5950:Part1:2000) calculation in either Calcs by Element or Calcs by Material. Click Execute and select Append to active document so that the new design is added to the bottom of calculation sheet.
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Click Calculate All. TEDDS will start at the beginning of the document again and run the calculations in the order that they appear. Accept all the wall load chase down information. TEDDS will then perform the simple steel beam design. Change Design forces & moments to User defined; no analysis and make sure that the Member type is set to Steel beam to BS5950.
Click Next. Choose a Member cross-section that you think will be adequate. Note that the Span L = 1800 mm Set the Intermediate restraint against LT buckling as Full Click the Design shears & moments Details button to display the design forces. The values calculated in your formulae for Fvy and Mx should be there.
Click OK to continue. Set Bending deflection to Ignore and the Calculation output options to Summary. Click Next. Review the output and Progress Log to make sure your beam passes.
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Calculation Sections
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2.5 Exercise 5: Calculation Sections

If a document includes multiple calculations you are likely to find that two or more calculations use variables with the same name. This will cause the second calculation to overwrite the values stored by the first calculation. To resolve this problem TEDDS for Word includes support for Calc Sections. Calc Sections allow you to separate your document into a series of different sections; each Calc Section has its own private list of variables referred to as Section Variables. The Section Variables in one Calc Section will never be overwritten by another Calc Section. If you are not using Calc Sections or you have calculations at the start of your document before a calc section has been defined then variables are stored as Document Variables.
Calculation Section Variables:

The Variables in one Calculation Section are completely isolated from those in another one. Thus you can repeat calculations in different Calculation Sections, which can be identical, nearly identical or may differ significantly, but need similar base information.
Document Variables:
These are Variables which you define at the start of your calculation document. These Variables are available throughout your calculations.
System Variables:
TEDDS comes with a wide range of pre-defined System Variables such as gacc and Youngs Modulus and Shear Modulus for various materials.
Variable Hierarchy
When TEDDS for Word is calculating a Calculation Section it does not look at the Variables in any other Calculation Section. It looks strictly in this order: 1. at the Variables in the current Calculation Section, 2. at the Document Variables, and 3. at the System Variables.
Variable Hierarchy
Undefined
SYSTEM
DOCUMENT
SECTION
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SECTION
All rights reserved
Adding a new Calc Section

Click on the document where you want to start a new Calc Section. On the TEDDS menu, point to Calc Section, and then click Add... or use the Section command button from the TEDDS Calcs toolbar. In the Title box, type the title of the Calc Section, this title will appear in the document. If you want to start the Calc Section on a new page then check the Insert page break box. Click OK TEDDS for Word will now insert a specially formatted Word field into your document that defines the start of a new calc section; the title you entered will be displayed as the fields result. TEDDS will also create a new empty list of variables for the new Calc Section. A Calc Section ends at the start of the next Calc Section or the end of the document if there are no further Calc Sections defined. Show Field Codes button on the TEDDS Format toolbar you will see the field If you now click the code that TEDDS for Word has inserted to define the start of the new calc section. {=CSC|SECTION|1} The field code consists of three parts each separated by a | character, the first part =CSC, identifies the field as a TEDDS field, the second part SECTION identifies the field as the start of a Calc Section, the final part is a number that declares the Section Id. The section Id must be unique within the current document and is used to link this Calc Section to its list of stored variables. For this reason a Calc Section cannot be saved to a Calc Item in a Calc Library. If a saved Calc Section were retrieved from a Calc Library there would be no guarantee that the section Id was unique to the current document. The Section Id should never be manually modified as this will break the link between the document and the stored variables for the Calc Section. All of the Calc Section commands provided by TEDDS ensure that the Section Id is correct, for example when copying a Calc Section a new section Id is automatically generated. Add Calc
Calculating a Calc Section

When a document includes multiple calc sections it can be calculated in the normal way using the Calculate All command. However as you add more Calc Sections to a document the document will inevitably take longer to calculate, for this reason you may want to calculate one Calc Section at a time. TEDDS provides a number of calculating commands one of which is Calculate Calc Section. Move the Insertion point to the Calc Section you want to calculate. On the TEDDS menu, point to Calculate, and then click Calc Section or click the Calculate Calc Section button on the TEDDS Calcs toolbar.
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2.5.1
Design Brief:
In this exercise, we are going to run through the RC Thermal Crack Width calc for two different examples to learn how to use, and to show the benefits of using Calc Sections.
2.5.2
Inserting Calcs into Sections
Open a New Default Calc Sheet and launch the Library Access System Double click on the RC Thermal Crack Widths calculation from TEDDS Calcs>Concrete
Select the option to Insert in active document, tick the box to Add new Calc Section and give it the title Crack Width Check 1, then click OK.
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You will now see the calculation inserted into the document, under the title CRACK WIDTH CHECK 1. Click Calculate All On the first page of the calc, input a reference name East Wall, and state the direction of reinforcement to be x.
Click Next Enter h = 350mm, and make sure Option 1 is selected for the design option.
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Click on Reinforcement Details and OK to accept the default values.
Click Finish
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Now that we have some output for the first of the two calculations, we can insert the same calculation again, at the end of the document, in a different Calc Section,
Place your cursor at the end of the output, and launch the Library Access System. Execute the same RC Thermal Crack Widths calc, but with the Section Title as Crack Width Check 2 and with the box Insert page break box ticked, to place the new Calculation Section at the start of the next page.
With your cursor placed underneath the title for Crack Width Check 2, click Calculate Calc Section. This will just calculate that calc section On the first page of the calc, input a reference name West Wall, and state the direction of reinforcement to be x. Click Next This time, enter h = 400mm, and make sure Option 2 is selected for the design option. Click on Reinforcement Details and OK to the default values. Click Finish
Now that we have the output for both calculations, we will recalculate the whole document to show that sections retain their own values.
Click Calculate All. As we wont be changing anything from what we have already entered, just click next to all the pages, noting any differences between the two calculations.
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2.5.3
Output
You will now see that although we have the same calculation appearing twice in the same document, and that they are looking for the same variables, because they are both in Calc Sections, they retain their own, different values.
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2.5.4
Manually inserting Calc Sections
In some instances, you may wish to insert a Calc Section without including a calc inside it e.g. to place a summary at the end of the document.
Place your cursor at the end of the document, and click on the Add New Calc Section button
Give the new Calc Section the title Summary, tick the box to Insert page break, and click OK.
You will now have another Calc Section at the end of the document entitled Summary, with nothing in it.
2.5.5
Working with Calc Sections
TEDDS for Word provides a number of different commands to assist you when working with calc sections. These commands are available from the TEDDS Calc Section menu or the TEDDS Calcs toolbar.
Navigating Calc Sections

Two commands are available from the TEDDS Calcs toolbar to easily move between the Calc Sections in a Document. Goto Prev Calc Section and Goto Next Calc Section, will move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous or next Calc Section.
Editing a Calc Section Title

Although the Title for a Calc Section is visible within the document it is not recommended that you directly edit the Calc Section field because if you change the field codes or accidentally delete the field then the link between the document and the Calc Section Variables may be broken. To edit a Calc Section title: Move the insertion point to anywhere within the Calc Section you want to edit. On the TEDDS menu, select Calc Section, and then click Edit... In the Title box, enter the new title for the Calc Section. Click OK.
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Deleting a Calc Section

To delete a Calc Section from your document including all the section Variables: Move the insertion point to the Calc Section you want to delete. On the TEDDS menu, select Calc Section, and then click Delete Calc Section. If you want to copy the Calc Section to the Windows clipboard before deleting the Calc Section from the document use the Cut Calc Section command instead.
Copying a Calc Section

It is possible to create a second copy of a Calc Section within the current document, or to copy a Calc Section to another document. Using the commands provided ensures that a new unique Calc Section is created including a copy of all the stored Variables for the section. To copy a Calc Section: Move the insertion point to the Calc Section you want to copy. On the TEDDS menu, select Calc Section, and then click Copy Calc Section or use the Copy Calc Section command from the TEDDS Calcs toolbar. Move the insertion point to the location where you want to insert the copy of the Calc Section. On the TEDDS menu, select Calc Section, and then click Paste Calc Section or use the Paste Calc Section command from the TEDDS Calcs toolbar.
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Bringing it all together!
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2.6 Exercise 6: Bringing it all together!

2.6.1 Design Brief:
The purpose of this exercise to bring together everything that weve covered so far, use it all within one example and to expand our knowledge of these features. We will be looking at the Beam Analysis calculation, followed by two Masonry Bearing calcs in Calc Sections, and we will also be writing some short formulae to link them together. Beam Data: Beam Span = 1.8m Loading Data Uniform load: Dead = 10 kN/m Point loads: Dead = 20 kN, Live = 30 kN both at 1.2 m Wall Data: 2.4m high of 100mm thick, 20N/mm2 concrete blocks with mortar designation M4
2.6.2
Beam Analysis
Open a New Default Calc Sheet and launch the Library Access System Execute the Beam Analysis calculation from TEDDS Calcs>Analysis and Insert in active document.
Click Calculate All.

The Continuous Beam Analysis interface will appear - this very useful and powerful calculation is discussed in detail in a later excercise. For this exercise we will only consider the analysis of a generic single span beam.
Make sure that the Member to be analysed is set to Generic analysis and click Next.
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On the Geometry page: set the length as 1800 mm, dont change the other generic properties:
On the Loads page: click three times and specify a Full UDL Dead = 10 kN/m, a Point Load Dead = 20 kN at Pos 1 = 1200 mm and a Point Load Live = 30 kN at 1200 mm.
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On the Combinations page: accept the defaults:
On the Output page: check the boxes for Beam definition and loading, Unfactored support reactions and Max and min shear force, moment and deflection:
Click Finish.
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That completes the beam analysis and the results will be shown in the document
2.6.3
Viewing Hidden Text
The unfactored support reactions will be required for the masonry bearing checks and although the values are shown in the output the Variable Names are hidden.
Select Tools>Options from the standard Microsoft Word menu. On the View page check the box for Hidden text:
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You should see that the Variable Names used are: Support A unfactored dead load reaction: Support A unfactored live load reaction: Support B unfactored dead load reaction: Support B unfactored live load reaction: RA_C21 RA_C22 RB_C21 RB_C22
Note the sign convention means that these values are negative.
Turn off the hidden text by un-checking Tools>Options>View>Hidden text.
2.6.4
Document Variables
You can view all the Variables defined so far and as you have not yet introduced any Calculation Sections yet the entire list will be Document Variables.
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2.6.5
Inserting a Calculation Section
Execute the Masonry bearing calculation (BS5628: Part 1:2006) from TEDDS Calcs >Masonry.
This time select to Append to active document and check the option to Add new Calc Section. Enter the Calc Section title Padstone A (this will be displayed on the document and in the Progress Log) and check the box to Insert page break:
2.6.6
Viewing TEDDS Field Codes
Microsoft Word defines many different field codes to view different types of data from dates and times to page numbers. TEDDS supports its own field codes that are provided for writing calculations.
To view the Calc Section field, click on the Show Field Codes button Format toolbar.
, from the TEDDS
Click on the Show Field Codes button again to switch back to the results view.
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2.6.7
Linking Calculations
If you had already tried the masonry bearing calculation you would know that the Variable Names used are: Characteristic dead load; Characteristic imposed load Gk Qk
To link the Variables for reactions at support A to the padstone calculation:
Place your cursor BENEATH the Calc Section title but ABOVE the link to the masonry bearing calc. Type the following lines of text make sure you use subscript formatting where shown:
The abs function ensures that the absolute value is used. mathematical functions such as tan, max, etc
TEDDS includes many useful
2.6.8
Calculate Calculation Section
Make sure your cursor is somewhere beneath the Calc Section title. Click the Calculate Calc Section button. TEDDS will calculate the calculations within the current Calc Section only and not start at the beginning of the document again.
The Progress Log will appear and display the current Calc Section title in yellow.
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Accept all the default values for the Masonry wall details.
Click Next. Specify an Edge distance xedge = 1000 mm and notice that the characteristic dead and live loads have been determined from support A.
Click Next.
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The Results Preview shows that in this case a padstone (spreader) is not required.
Select a Summary level of output, no sketch and click Finish.
2.6.9
Calc Section Variables
You can view all the Variables defined so far and now they will be divided in to Document Variables and Calc Section Variables.
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2.6.10
Copy and Paste Calc Sections
To create the Calc Section for Padstone B you could repeat the above steps but TEDDS for Word includes commands that allow you to copy and paste Calc Sections.
Make sure your cursor is some where within the Padstone A Calc Section. Select Copy Calc Section from the TEDDS>Calc Section menu.
Move your cursor to the end of the document. Then select Paste Calc Section from the TEDDS>Calc Section menu. Enter a title for the new Calc Section Padstone B and check the box to Insert page break.
A second Calc Section will be created with exactly the same calculations as before but with a different title and Calc Section identifier number. TEDDS will also have created a copy of all the existing Variables in the new Calc Section.
Edit the lines of linking calcs to reference the support B reactions.
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2.6.11
Calculate Calculation Section
Calculate Calc Section. Accept all the default values for the Masonry wall details and click Next. Specify an Edge distance xedge = 1000 mm and notice that the characteristic dead and live loads have been determined from support B and click Next.
This time the Results Preview shows that a padstone (spreader) is required.
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Click the Back button to review the spreader details.
To accept a 200 mm long and 215 mm high spreader click Next and then Finish.
2.6.12
Calc Section Variables
Click on the Show Variables button to see the Variables for this Calc Section.
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2.6.13
Re-Calculating
If the Document Variables values change then the values of any Calc Section Variables that are linked to them will also change. For example if we reduce the load on the beam the unfactored reactions will change and hence so will the characteristic loads on the masonry.
Click Calculate All.

TEDDS will run the calculations in the order that they appear on the document, in this case starting with the beam analysis (changes will update the Document Variables) followed by the two masonry bearing calculations (changes will update the relevant Calc Section Variables).
Keep most of the beam analysis values but change the point loads on the beam to Dead = 15 kN and Live = 20kN.
Keep all the values for both of the masonry bearing calculations but notice that the characteristic loads have changed to match the new beam analysis results.
Masonry Bearing A
Masonry Bearing B
Once the calculations are complete you can review the document, Variables and Progress Log.
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3.0 WRITING CALCULATIONS
Writing Basic Calculations
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Key Information
TEDDS Calculations
TEDDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. for Word calculations contain seven components: expressions which are the calculations you want to perform, assignments which tells TEDDS for Word to calculate this expression, results fields which define the type, format and precision for a particular result, explanations which are an aid to understanding the calculations, delimiters which you use to separate calculations from each other, Variables which you can use later in your calculations, units which you can use in expressions and for results. Fields which enhance your calculations
TEDDS Variables
TEDDS rules: calculations work by defining and using named Variables which must comply with the following can be no longer than 32 characters, must only contain alphanumeric characters (AZ, az, 09), underscores (_), and full stops (.), must not start with a number, must not be a TEDDS for Word function name (for example sin, median), must not contain any formatting other than subscripts. variable names are case sensitive, so that Area and area are two separate Variables, variable names take account of subscripts, so Aeff and Aeff are two separate Variables.
TEDDS Units
A powerful feature of TEDDS for Word is its ability to handle units, and to perform dimensional analysis on your equations. Simply type in the units you require as you enter your calculations and determine the units for your results. TEDDS for Word then checks that your calculations are dimensionally accurate, and shows results in the units you specified. When TEDDS for Word performs calculations it always does so using a set of internal system units (known as base units). Metric base units shown below:
Unit Length Mass Time Temperature Angle TEDDS Base Unit
1m 1 kg 1s 1 C 1, 1 deg, 1 degs
Dimension
1L 1M 1T 1D dimensionless
units are case sensitive, the multiplication of two units in the database is not recognised that is Nms (Newton metre second) would not be recognised unless entered in the unit database, In TEDDS for Word all values are held to an accuracy of 15 decimal places.
When performing calculations TEDDS for Word: converts any value and unit it encounters in your calculations into its base units using a comprehensive units database, stores this converted value, performs all calculations in these base units, stores any values derived by these calculations in these base units, converts its base units into the units required for a final result field gives the converted result the correct format and precision Page 75
Formatting Paragraph Styles

You will probably want to format your calculations using the advanced formatting capabilities provided by Word. To help speed up and standardise this formatting, the document templates provided with TEDDS for Word include a set of paragraph styles. To apply a paragraph style: 1. Place the cursor on the line you want to format 2. Extend the TEDDS Format toolbar 3. Select the required paragraph style from the drop down list
In general new calculations written by the TEDDS development team will only use the styles shown below. You can apply these styles either before or after writing the calculations.
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3.1 Exercise 7: Writing Basic Calculations

3.1.1 Design Brief
In the following exercise we will show you how to write the following example calculation:
Beam Design Beam Span & Loading Span; Dead load; Imposed load; L =3m DL = 0.5 kN/m IL = 0.4 kN/m
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; Factored Moment; Unfactored load; Unfactored Moment; wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL Mf = wf L2 / 8 wu = IL + DL Mu = wu L / 8
2
= ?f2 kN/m = ?f2 kNm = ?f2 kN/m = ?f2 kNm
3.1.2
Defining Variables
Close all open documents and start a New Default Calc Sheet. Type the following Variable Definitions in your calculation.
Take care to type the text exactly as you see it above. Note the following: You must place the semi-colon after any text which precedes an expression; this is known as a delimiter, which ensures that calculations are separated from other text. Variable names are case-sensitive and cannot include spaces. Units are also case-sensitive (they are all listed in TEDDS Help) and should not include spaces. TEDDS is dimensionally correct if you use units you do not need to use conversion factors. Units can be inserted by selecting View>Toolbars>TEDDS Imperial Units and TEDDS Metric Units or you can type a superscript (for a power: as required in kN/m2) or a subscript (for a name like py) by using the Page 77
and
buttons on the format toolbar. Click
the button, then type the character you want in Subscript or Superscript. Ensure you turn the mode OFF immediately after this or you will enter all subsequent text in either Subscript or Superscript. The equality symbol,
= , is a special character: it tells TEDDS where there is an assignment
or equation in the document. Other than this you can use spaces or tabs to layout the calculation. Here is the general format of a variable definition in TEDDS:
Variable description (optional)
Variable Name
Value
Imposed Load ;
Delimiter
IL
0.5 kN/m2
Unit
Assignment symbol
No Variables will be defined until the expression has been calculated.
3.1.3
Output Expressions
We now wish to use the previous values in an expression to determine the factored line load on a beam.
Type the following text in your document below the text you have already written:
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL = ?f2 kN/m
Use the
button for the name
wf
Note the case used remember that variable names are case sensitive. Use the button to enter the multiply symbol or use a * but you cannot use a lower-case
x.
You CANNOT omit mathematical operators and type 1.4DL for example. Enter a
? where you want the result of the equation to appear.
The characters f2 will cause the result to be displayed fixed to 2 decimal places. If you omit the format the default will be used, which is normally fixed to 3 decimal places. If your result has dimensions always use an output unit otherwise you may not get the answer you expect! Remember units are case sensitive and are listed in TEDDS Help.
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Here is the following general format for such an expression

Variable Name (optional)
Description (optional)
parentheses (if required)
result locator
output unit
Factored load ; wf
= (1.6 IL + 1.4 DL)
?f2
kN/m
Delimiter
defined variable(s)
operators
equality
result format
Now click the Calculate All button this will cause TEDDS to store the Variables and calculate the equation. You should find that the expression has been calculated and you now have a result:
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL = 1.34 kN/m
Amend all the input values by typing in different numbers for them. Note that typing by itself, does NOT update the result instantly. You must re-calculate to update the result values do this and note the updated result.
3.1.4
Variables
button on the TEDDS Toolbar to view the list of Variables defined so far:
Click on the
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Note that: The values displayed are in S.I. base units of Mass, Length, Time and Degrees. TEDDS can convert these values into any known unit with comparable dimensions. TEDDS also uses the Dimension information to ensure that all calculations are dimensionally correct. The variable list is stored in the variable file, which is unique to this document. Each TEDDS for Word document has an associated variable file (.vbl).
Select the System tab and examine these pre-defined Variables. To use any of these values in your calculations simply use the variable name displayed (e.g. ES5950 for Youngs Modulus of Steel) Click OK to close this dialog.
3.1.5
Performing Calculations
Recalculation
If you make changes to your calculations, then you must remember to calculate the part of your calculation sheet that contains the changes, or which is affected by the changes that you have made. If you change things on the page, but do not calculate the affected parts of your documents, then the values that TEDDS for Word uses will be the original and not the changed values.
Errors
When an error occurs in your calculations you are presented with three options: Continue: ignores the error and continues calculation. An error message will be written out following the expression that caused the error. Interrupt: interrupts the calculation at the expression where the error occurred. All results up to the error are calculated; those beyond the error are not. An error message will be written out following the expression that caused the error. Abort: aborts the calculation and returns your document to the state prior to the start of the calculation. No error message is written out. Following an error, you should check first the expression in which the error occurred. If this looks to be OK, then check, back up the document for the definition of each of the Variables used in the erroneous expression until the error is found. For instance if gives a dimensional error, first check the unit of the result, then the mathematics of the expression being calculated and then the units in the definition of a and b. A recalculation of a corrected error will automatically remove the error message - you do not need to delete it!
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3.1.6
Further Calculations
Type the following text in the document below the existing text.
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; Factored Moment; Unfactored load; Unfactored Moment; wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL Mf = wf L / 8 wu = IL + DL Mu = wu L / 8
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DO NOT omit the semi-colons. Copy the text correctly noting the case and use of subscripts and superscripts. Use Copy and
Paste where possible to save typing and ensure your variable names are consistent.
Use the finished. Remember NO SPACES in variable names, units, or between the button to type a power remember to turn the mode off once you have
? and the result format.
Other than this you can use as many spaces as or tabs to layout the calculation.
When you are satisfied everything is correct, calculate the document to calculate these expressions and see the results. If you have made a mistake you will get an error message when TEDDS encounters it. The one below will be displayed if you omit a semi colon for example.
If you get such a message click the Interrupt button TEDDS will stop calculating where the problem is located and inform you on the page. Fix the problem and recalculate. Do not delete the error message it will be removed automatically when you next calculate if the problem is resolved. Page 81
Undefined Variables
Undefined Variables are errors and you should not get them if you write calculations correctly. They most commonly occur if you define a variable incorrectly in an expression, by using the wrong case or Subscript for example.
Once your calculation is working, recalculate a few times having changed some input Variables to get the hang of this.
When you have completed this exercise you should have the following:
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; Factored Moment; Unfactored load; Unfactored Moment; wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL Mf = wf L / 8 wu = IL + DL Mu = wu L / 8
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ENHANCING YOUR CALCULATIONS

If you want to enhance your calculations to make them easier for you or others to use, then TEDDS for Word has an extensive range of additional features for this purpose. These additional features are provided through specialised Word fields that perform a specific TEDDS action such as showing a message box or calculating a Calculation Item from a Calc Library.
Microsoft Word Fields

Before we discuss what a TEDDS field is we must first consider what a Microsoft Word field is. Quoting from the Word documentation "A field is a placeholder for data that might change in a document". Depending on your Word settings, Fields are automatically inserted by Word when you use particular commands, such as the Date and Time command on the Insert menu. Microsoft Word defines many different field codes to view different types of data from dates and times to page numbers. TEDDS for Word supports its own field codes that are provided specifically for writing calculations. A field consists of two parts a field code and a field result. Field codes appear between curly brackets or braces { }. You can switch between viewing the field codes and results in your document. Fields may be displayed in your document with a light grey background; this can help you to identify which text in your document is the result of a field as opposed to normal text.
TEDDS Fields
TEDDS field codes always begin =CSC| this ensures that when TEDDS is calculating it knows that the field is a TEDDS field and that it must be calculated by TEDDS to output the desired field result. TEDDS fields are sometimes referred to as Call Statements because many of the field codes start with the command CALL and are used to call a specific TEDDS command. Using TEDDS Fields you can: TEDDS Input Field: define input dialogs, where TEDDS for Word shows a dialog asking for the value of a particular variable in a particular unit, TEDDS Message Field: define message boxes through which TEDDS for Word can give information to the person using the calculations, TEDDS Show Field: show information about a calculation within that calculation. You would usually use this feature to add text which varies depending on conditions which arise in the calculations, TEDDS Log Field: show information about a calculation in the Progress Log. You would usually use this feature to display information regarding the progress of the calculations: this may or may not vary, depending on the reason for which the information is given, TEDDS Data List Field: access Data Lists, so you can select an item and return Variables to your calculations, removing the need to enter each and every variable required by your calculation individually, TEDDS Data Table Field: access Data Tables, so you can search and select items returning the appropriate values to your calculations as Variables, so that you dont need to enter each and every variable required by your calculation individually, TEDDS Data Graph Field: access Data Graphs, so you can select items from the graphs, returning the appropriate values to your calculations, TEDDS Section Properties Tool Field: access the Section Properties Tool so that you can define custom shapes, calculate their properties and return both details and properties to your calculations, TEDDS Excel Link Field: link TEDDS for Word to Excel so that you can combine the strengths of the two packages to achieve the results that you require in the most advantageous way. TEDDS Evaluate Library Item Field: select Calc Library item to be calculated. You would usually use this feature to calculate different library items depending on conditions which arise in the calculations There are two special functions which are intended primarily for use with TEDDS Input Fields, TEDDS Show Fields, TEDDS Message Fields and TEDDS Log Fields: The string function allows you to format a numerical value as a string and then use this string value with any TEDDS Field or function. The condition function allows you to select a value based on one or more conditions that can then be used with any TEDDS Field or function as appropriate. Page 83
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3.2.1 Design Brief
Using the calculation created in the previous exercise we will replace the text below with Input Fields. This will make the calculation easier to use for different projects.
Span; Dead load; Imposed load;
=3m
DL = 0.5 kN/m IL = 0.4 kN/m
Place the insert cursor at the end of the paragraph defining the Imposed Load and press Enter to add a new paragraph.
3.2.2
Inserting a TEDDS Input Field
Click the Insert TEDDS Field button. Using the Input Field window type in the information shown below:
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3.2.3
Calculating a TEDDS Input Field
With the cursor on the newly inserted text, right-click & select Calculate Expression to calculate just this paragraph. The Set Variable Value dialog box below should then be displayed:
Enter a value for the Span and click OK.
3.2.4
More TEDDS Input Fields
Use the Insert TEDDS Field window to add similar prompts for the dead load and the live load.
There are buttons for specifying Greek text and subscripts for your Variable Names, superscripts for your units and also to access the list of available units.
You can now delete the original text defining the span and loading.
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Select Calculate All and enter some new values and review the results for combined loading and moment.
Beam Design Beam Span & Loading ; ; ; Span; Dead Load; Imposed Load; L = 5.00 m; DL = 0.60 kN/m; IL = 0.50 kN/m;
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; Factored Moment; Unfactored load; Unfactored Moment; wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL M f = wf L 2 / 8 wu = IL + DL M u = wu L / 8
2
= 1.64 kN/m = 5.13 kNm = 1.10 kN/m = 3.44 kNm
3.2.5
Viewing the TEDDS Input Field
Although you don't need to worry about it too much at this stage, it is instructive to look at the Field that actually defines the input box. The Field can be edited directly once you have revealed the field codes although we will not cover such editing here. At the moment, you will mainly use this feature should you wish to delete a Field.
Click the Show Field Codes button. Look at your page and see that the following has been revealed:
Beam Design Beam Span & Loading
{ =CSC|CALL Input("Span","L","m","",1) }; Span; {=CSC|?F2} m;
The Field code that defines the input box appears at the beginning of the paragraph and is a Word Field denoted by bold braces. Note that you are just viewing the document in a different way - you have not changed anything
Click the Show Field Codes button again to show the field codes. Save your calculation document.
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3.3 Exercise 9: TEDDS Data Lists

A Data List is a powerful tool which allows you to: access data for a wide range of items, using a simple interface. The Data Lists which are available include section properties, grade stresses, design strengths etc, select a specific item in a Data List and view its properties on the screen, return the properties for a selected item to your calculations. These properties are held as Variables in the calculation and are thus available for TEDDS for Word to use in subsequent calculations. All data lists work in the same way: you select an item type (e.g. Universal Beams, Universal Columns, ) from the page pane, you select an item from the item pane (e.g. 406 178 UB 54 ), you click Select to return the information that the data lists holds for this item to your calculation.
3.3.1
Design Brief
In this exercise we will use some Data Lists and further calculations to check a timber section under the loading defined in the previous examples.
3.3.2
Inserting a TEDDS Data List Field
Place the cursor on the page a paragraph below the last calculation Select TEDDS > Launch > Engineering Data Lists, Tables and Graphs.
Execute the Timber Grade Stresses Data List Followed by the Sawn Softwood Data List.
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3.3.3
Calculating a TEDDS Data List Field
Now Calculate the document, enter values for span and loading and you should find that the Data Lists for timber sections and grade stresses are displayed.
Choose a grade stress and a section that you think will suit the loading. The grade stress you chose and section should then be displayed in the document:
Use C16 timber (Table 8 BS5268:Pt 2:2002); Try Sawn Softwood - Basic Size 200x200 ;
Click the Variables button and you will see that all the properties of the section and grade stress details have been have been added to the Variable list.
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3.3.4
Using Data List Variables
Many Variables will have been added to the list and you may wish to display certain key values in the document. You could simply type the Variable name(s) followed by a question mark and the required unit but you must ensure that the Variable name is correct, including case and subscripts. An alternative is to Write Out the values from the Variables dialog:
Add a blank paragraph between the two Data List calls. Place your cursor on this paragraph and click the Variables button again. Select the Document tab. Scroll down the list and highlight m:
Click the Assignment option at the bottom of the dialog, and then click the Write Out button. The Variable assignment will be placed in your document at the cursor position.
Use C16 timber (Table 8 BS5268:Pt 2:2002);
m = 5.30 N/mm2;
Try Sawn Softwood - Basic Size 200x200 ;
To ensure that the value displayed is updated when the calculation is re-calculated and an alternative section is chosen, replace the current value with a question mark and set the number format you require. Add some descriptive text if you want.
Use C16 timber (Table 8 BS5268:Pt 2:2002); Allowable Bending Stress; m = ?f2 N/mm2; Try Sawn Softwood - Basic Size 200x200 ;
Re-calculate the document to make sure that everything is working correctly.
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Repeat the procedure for the section modulus:
Place your cursor a paragraph below the call to the Sawn Softwood Data List. Open the Variables dialog and select the Document tab. Select
Zxx
Select the Assignment option and click Write Out Replace the current value with a question mark Add some descriptive text is you want.
Use C16 timber (Table 8 BS5268:Pt 2:2002); Allowable Bending Stress; Section Modulus; m = ?f2 N/mm2; Zxx = ?f2 cm3; Try Sawn Softwood - Basic Size 200x200 ;
Save the calculations as Timber Beam Design.doc.
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3.4 Exercise 10: TEDDS Output Fields

You can use Insert TEDDS Field to provide information on the calculation, such as key values, pass or fail status and simple text messages. This information can be displayed either as a message box (Message), text in the document (Show) or in the Progress Log (Log). In all cases the information will be included in the Progress Log.
3.4.1
Inserting a TEDDS Message Field
Our calculation would be greatly improved if we knew the actual stress in the member before we select a grade stress.
Add a few more blank paragraphs above the call to the timber properties Data List. Type the following calculation.
Use C16 timber (Table 8 BS5268:Pt 2:2002); Allowable Bending Stress; Required Section Modulus; m = ?f2 N/mm2; Zreq = Mu / m = ?f2 cm3;
Try Sawn Softwood - Basic Size 200x200 ; Section Modulus; Zxx = ?f2 cm3;
Tip: you can use Copy & Paste for the Mu and m and there is a toolbar for Greek characters.
Place your cursor on the paragraph below this formula and then click the Insert TEDDS Field button. Choose the Message tab, select the Value of Variable Statement type and fill in the details as shown below:
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3.4.2
Calculating a TEDDS Message Field
When you run the calculation you will now see a message similar to the one shown below.
Click OK to close the message box and you will see that the message has also appeared in the Progress Log.
Choose a suitable section size from the timber properties Data List.
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3.4.3
Inserting a TEDDS Progress Log Field
You can also display information and instructions in the Progress Log.
Place the cursor on the paragraph below the call for the message and then click the Insert TEDDS Field button again. Choose the Log tab, select the Simple Statement type and fill in the details as shown below:
3.4.4
Calculating a TEDDS Progress Log Field
Re-calculate the document and you should get the following information in the Progress Log.
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3.4.5
Inserting a TEDDS Show Field
We will now add some text to the document to show whether the section we have selected would pass the bending check or not.
Place your cursor on a new paragraph at the very end of the calculations and then click the Insert TEDDS Field button again. Choose the Show tab, select the Condition Statement type and fill in the details as shown below:
3.4.6
Calculating a TEDDS Show Field
Calculate the document a few times to check it works correctly.
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Formatting Your Calculations
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3.5 Exercise 11: Formatting Your Calculations

When writing calculations in TEDDS for Word you will often want to format your calculations using the advanced formatting capabilities provided by Word. You might want to differentiate calculations from general text or use different font styles to highlight calculations. You could pay little consideration to the formatting and simply change the formatting as you go applying your preferences on an ad hoc basis throughout your calculations. This haphazard use of formatting makes it difficult to keep the formatting consistent and to make subsequent changes. Word provides a method for managing formatting by using paragraph styles. Paragraph styles are named collections of formatting characteristics that can be applied to a whole paragraph. If a paragraph uses a particular style then changing the style can change all occurrences of that style within the document to show the new formatting. For example if you wanted to include pass/fail calculation checks you might format this text using a larger font size than the normal text. To achieve this using styles you might create a style called Calc Check and then assign that style to all pass/fail statements in the calculations. If you later decide to highlight the checks in blue then you only have to change the formatting of the Calc Check style once instead of every check in your calculations. The standard document templates provided with TEDDS for Word include a common set of calculation styles ranging from Calc Title to CalcReference. Some of these styles are no longer used for new TEDDS calculations but are still available to ensure compatibility with existing calculations. In general new calculations written by the TEDDS development team will only use the styles listed in the table below.
Style Name Calc Title Calc Heading Calc Subheading Calc 3 Column Heading Calc 3 Column Calc 4 Column Heading Calc 4 Column Calc Reference Output Heading for calculations aligned in 1, 2 or 3 columns Calculations aligned in 1, 2 or 3 columns Heading for calculations aligned in 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns Calculations aligned in 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns References, e.g. code clauses Calculation checks passing or failing Used for Main calculation heading
For each calculation style available there is also an equivalent (hidden) style. Hidden styles allow a section of calculation to be easily shown/hidden by using the TEDDS Show Hidden Calcs button. As it is not normally appropriate to check the spelling of calculations, the Microsoft Word automatic spelling check is disabled for TEDDS paragraph styles. Wherever possible use the calculation styles already provided and avoid ad hoc formatting. Select the styles that are most suited to the calculations you write and use these styles consistently, also avoid using too many styles. Using styles effectively will ensure your calculations are well presented and therefore easier to read and understand. You can use the in-built paragraph styles to improve the look of your calculation. Page 105
3.5.1
Applying Paragraph Styles
Move the cursor to the paragraph that reports whether the bending check passes. Select the Output Style from the extended TEDDS Format toolbar. The text should now appear in italics and justified to the right.
Apply paragraph styles to the other lines if you wish.
3.5.2
Tidying and Saving Your Calculation
Before saving your calculation for re-use later or if you intend to save it in a User Library you may wish to remove the current values from both the Variables list and the document itself.
Open the Variables dialog and click Delete All to remove the Variables. Select View > Toolbars > TEDDS Utilities. Click on the Remove Field Results button which will remove the current results from the document. Save the document as Timber Beam Design.doc.
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TEDDS Data Tables
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3.6 Exercise 12: TEDDS Data Tables
A Data Table is a powerful tool which allows you to: access a wide range of Data Tables including: design tables, section tables, proprietary manufacturers data search any Data Table using wide ranging criteria, interpolate Data Table to see the exact values that you require, select specific items graphically, automatically selecting them in all open tables, return details from some or all Data Tables into your calculation sheets as Variables, automatically reconfigure the Data Tables as necessary when you re-calculate your calculations. Where the calculations require it Data Tables can open several tables at once, for example the calculations might require the properties of a section, safe load tables, strengths and such like.
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3.6.1
Design Brief
In this exercise we will write a calculation for checking a steel beam and use the second method to include the safe load table for Universal Beams in bending.
Open your original Beam Design.doc document so that you can see the text shown below:
Beam Design Beam Span & Loading ; ; ; Span; Dead Load; Imposed Load; L = 5.00 m; DL = 0.60 kN/m; IL = 0.50 kN/m;
Bending Moments: Simply Supported Factored load; kN/m Factored Moment; Unfactored load; 1.10 kN/m wf = 1.6 IL + 1.4 DL Mf = wf L2 / 8 wu = IL + DL = 1.64
= 5.13 kNm =
Save the document as Steel Beam Design.doc. Add the following paragraph below the existing calculations.
Steel Checks Effective Length; Le = L = ?f2 m
Insert a TEDDS Progress Log Field that will display the Factored Moment in the Progress Log. Note for the Variable or expression type Mf
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3.6.2
Inserting a TEDDS Data Table Field
Move the cursor to the paragraph below the new field. Click the Insert TEDDS Field button. Choose the Data Table tab, select the UbMb275.tbl and enter a Prefix of Try (Grade 275) UB.
Click OK. Click Calculate All and enter some new values for the beam span and loading. As you are now checking a steel beam calculation use larger values than you did for the timber calculation.
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3.6.3
Calculating a TEDDS Data Table Field
The value for Design Moment should appear in the Progress Log and the Buckling Resistance Data Table will be displayed you may need to resize the various windows so that you can see the Progress Log and the Data Table at the same time. You will see that it interpolates the value for the effective length and you just need to Search for a section size with sufficient moment capacity.
You can view the Variables, Notes and Sketches for this Data Table by clicking on the appropriate tabs.
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3.6.4
Searching in Data Tables

The Search Criteria window should appear.
Click on the Search button.
Select Search for Buckling Resistance Mb and specify Criterion 1 to be greater than > the design moment shown in the Progress Log.
Only sections with sufficient moment resistance will be available for selection:
Select a suitable section from the Designation column. Click on the Copy to calcs button. will now be available to the calculation. All the Variables associated with this Data Table
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3.6.5
Using Data Table Variables
Place the cursor on the paragraph after the call for the Data Table and then type the following to display the value of buckling resistance that has been returned from the Data Table
Steel Checks Effective Length; Buckling Resistance Moment; Le = L = ?f2 m;; Mb = ?f2 kNm Try (Grade S275) UB 254 x 102 x 22;
Now insert a TEDDS Show Field to display whether the section passes the bending check.
Calculate the document to check that it works.
Steel Checks Effective Length; Buckling Resistance Moment; Bending Check - Pass; Le = L = 5.45 m;; Mb = 239.50 kNm Try (Grade S275) UB 457 x 191 x 82;
3.6.6
Tidying and Saving Your Calculation
Use the paragraph styles to format the text. Open the Variable Manager and click Delete All to remove the Variables. Select View > Toolbars > TEDDS Utilities. Click on the Remove Field Results button which will remove the current results from the document. Save the document as Steel Beam Design.doc.
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4.0 THE LIBRARY ACCESS SYSTEM
User Libraries
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The Library Access System

The best way to save your calculations is in a TEDDS Library as this will provide a secure and easy method of saving and organising them. In this exercise you will learn how the Library Access System stores information and to create and edit your own Indexes, Sets, Groups and Items. The Library Access System can be configured to be used in one of two modes: Simple Menus You are only retrieving items from the Calc Library, this is the default mode. Advanced Menus You are able to add and remove Items from your own Libraries. The main requirement of any storage system is to allow you to find the information which you need in the shortest possible time, and in the most intuitive way. To achieve this while also maintaining maximum flexibility and ease of use the Library Access System utilises two separate components: Calculation Libraries (referred to as Calc Libraries). Calculation Sets (referred to as Calc Sets)
Understanding Calc Libraries

Calc Libraries are the actual place where calculations, sketches, tables etc. are stored, as Entries. These files have an .LBR extension.
Understanding Calc Sets

When you launch the Library Access System you see the various calculations divided into Calc Sets. You can think of a Calc Set as an index to the Calc Library Entries. The Set does not actually store any of the data - it is just an organised collection of references. These files have a .LAS extension. Calc Sets contain two types of components - Items and Groups. Items are links to a particular Entry with a Calc Library and are the component of the Calc Set that you select in order to execute a calculation to the document. Groups organize the Items in the Calc Set into a logical order to make them easy for you to find. Different Calc Sets can access the same Calc Library Entries because the data is only stored once in the library.
User Calc Libraries and Sets

To save calculations you need to create your own Calc Sets and Calc Libraries. The Library Access System recognises the two types of Calc Library, System and User. The contents of both types of Calc Library can be recalled into any document. The contents of a User Calc Library can be changed at will while the contents of a System Calc Library are protected against inadvertent or unauthorised amendment. If you work in a small organisation, and you want some of your calculations to be used by others, then the easiest way to make your Calc Libraries & Sets available to others is to copy them from your computer to the equivalent directories on the second users computer. If you work in a larger organisation and you are creating standard calculations that are going to be used throughout your organisation then you should consider converting your User Libraries into System Libraries. Although the following procedures and short cuts will increase the speed at which you can create System Calc Libraries they also increase the risk of inadvertently overwriting existing System Calc Libraries with user ones.
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Tips and suggestions

set up your own development location to ensure that the directories that you are using for the System Calc Libraries, User Calc Libraries and Calc Sets are different to those that other users of TEDDS for Word may be using. TEDDS for Word uses defined locations for User Libraries & Sets and also for System Libraries & Sets. Change yours to point to the same development location to make it easy to switch between User Libraries and System Libraries. keep your Calc Sets and Calc Libraries to a manageable size, a number of smaller Calc Libraries is far easier to handle than one enormous one, whether you are creating calc Sets and Calc Libraries for personal use or for organisational use you will need to take care over the names that you use for your Calc Libraries and for the entries in them. If you are going to share Calc Libraries with others, then you will want to ensure that the name of your Calc Library will not be the same as that chosen by someone else. This would create a risk of one Calc Library being accidentally overwritten by the other and its contents lost. You will also want to ensure that the names of Calc Libraries and the entries that you create are meaningful to others after tea 14/12/04 might be meaningful to you, but is unlikely to convey the content of the calculations it contains to others! try to use a series of Calc Sets and Calc Libraries holding items and entries linked by a particular theme (type of material, standard, code of practice ). If you then need to make changes (an alteration of company standards, a code amendment ) all the affected entries are contained within the one Calc Library making them much easier to update, keep master copies of each Calc Set and Calc Library that you create on your development location. When you need to make changes the master copies are thus immediately to hand. You can make changes to these master copies and then redistribute the amended Calc Sets and Calc Libraries, ensure that the read-only file attribute is set on each Calc Set and Calc Library you release to give an additional measure of protection against inadvertent alterations and deletions, you might find it easiest to create a separate Calc Set for each Calc Library you generate. Ensure that the items in this Calc Set access all the entries in the Calc Library and that this Calc Set only includes items which refer to that Calc Library, remember that a single Calc Set can refer to several Calc Libraries and that a Calc Library can be referred to by many Calc Sets. If you start deleting entries from Calc Libraries, then this may have far reaching implications. backup your Calc Sets and Libraries regularly, as you would for any other important documents of data.
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4.1 Exercise 13: User Libraries

4.1.1 Creating a Set
Launch the Library Access System and select View > Advanced Menus. Select File > New to launch the New Calc Set Wizard, click next and you will see the interface shown below.
Enter a name for your Calc Set e.g. Company Calcs and click Next.
Accept the default Properties but notice that the Calc Library has been given the same name as the Calc Set; you can change this if you want to.
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Click Next and you should now have an empty Calc Set.
4.1.2
Creating a Group
Click on the New Group button. Give the Group a name e.g. Beam Designs and add a more detailed long name if you want. You can toggle between the short name and long name in the Library Access System.
4.1.3
Saving an Item
Open Timber Beam Design.doc. Click on the New Item button. Click OK and you will be prompted to select your calculation.
Highlight the entire calculation, and then click on OK. Give your Item a name e.g. Timber Beam, note the Calc Library which the item will be saved in.
Click on OK to the message Add new item inside currently selected group?
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You should now have an Item inside your Group and the calculation has been saved in the Calc Library.
Click the Preview button on the LAS toolbar to see what you have saved.
Repeat these steps for the Steel Beam calculation.
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4.1.4
Saving a Set
Although the Items we have added have been automatically saved to the library file the Calc Set has not yet been saved
Click the Save button or choose File>Save to save the Calc Set. Give the Calc Set a file name e.g. Company Calcs.las and click OK.
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4.1.5
Using Your Calculations in TEDDS for Word
Open a New Default Calc Sheet and Execute and Calculate one or both of your designs. Click the Index button to return to the Library Access System Index. Choose My TEDDS Calcs from the drop down list and your saved calculations should be displayed.
4.1.6
Using Your Calculations in TEDDS
By adding your calculation to the Library Access System you have also made it available from the Calc Wizard in TEDDS (without Word)
Close TEDDS for Word and open TEDDS. Pick the My Calcs option from the Calc Wizard and select the Timber Beam and you will see your calculation in the Information preview. Click the Calculate button and run the calculation.
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TEDDS Calc Item Field
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4.2 Exercise 14: TEDDS Calc Item Field

As your calculations become more complex, you will probably want to break them down into their smaller component parts. This will allow you to reuse the components in multiple designs and make editing and updating your designs more straight forward.
Close TEDDS and open TEDDS for Word. Launch the Library Access System and select View > Advanced Menus. Select File > Open and open your Company Calcs Set.
Execute both the Timber Beam and the Steel Beam Items to a blank document.
4.2.1
Saving Components
Create a New Group within Beam Designs and name it Components. Highlight the design forces lines of the calculation from BEAM DESIGN to Unfactored Moment. Save this as an Item within the Components Group and name it Design Forces. Save new Items for just the Timber Checks and then just the Steel Checks.
Save the Set.

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4.2.2
Insert TEDDS Field - Calc Item
The Insert TEDDS Field window can be used to specify an Item from a Calc Library to be calculated and can be controlled. The actual Items to be calculated can be controlled using a Condition statement.
Open a New Default Calc Sheet. Execute the Design Forces Item. Place the cursor on the line below this calculation Click the Insert TEDDS Field button, choose the Calc Item tab and fill in the details shown below.
Save the document and then Calculate All to check that the two routes through the design work correctly.
4.2.3
Saving a Main Design Item
Open the saved (un-calculated) version of the document or use Remove Field Results to clear the last set of results Highlight the entire calculation including the new Calc Item Field. In the Library Access System, select your Company Calcs Set and click New Item. Name the Item Beam Design and click the More> button. Change the Type to Solution and enter a Long Name and Description if you want and then click OK.
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Drag and drop this new Item to move into the Beam Designs Group.
4.2.4
Deleting Items
You can delete Items from a Set or from both the Set & Library. If you delete an item from a library you will not be able to undo the action and the data will be deleted permanently.
Click on the Timber Beam Item that you created in step 3.3.2 Select Edit > Delete From Set & Library Repeat this procedure for the Steel Beam
Save the Set

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Section Properties Tool
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5.1 Exercise 15: Section Properties Tool

Overview
The Section Properties Tool (SPT) allows you to define a section shape from any number of simple geometric shapes (including holes if necessary). The SPT will calculate the properties of the overall section based on the shapes it contains. These properties will be returned to your TEDDS document as Variables ready for you to use in subsequent calculations. It will also return the details of the geometric shapes and holes, which make up the overall section to your document, as Variables. The overall section can thus be recreated by the Section Properties Tool when you recalculate this part of your document. You can model any shape you like as long it is formed by a combination of Rectangles, Circles and/or Triangles. You can also recall any existing sections from the TEDDS Data Lists, automatically converting these into the geometric shapes required by the Section Properties tool.
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Notes from the Library Access System

Scope These calculations run the Section Properties Tool. The output from the Section Properties Tool that is to be returned to the document may be selected. In addition to running the Section Properties Tool, the calculations allow the selection of one of two samples of using Variables to drive the shape created in the section properties tool. The first example allows the parameters of an I section to be entered, and the shape is drawn automatically. The second example allows the parameters of a standard rectangle, circle or triangle to be entered and the shape is drawn automatically. Details of the Section Properties Tool The Section Properties Tool allows the generation of section properties from rectangles, triangles and circles, with or without holes. The shape properties and all its Variables are returned to the TEDDS document for use in calculations. Custom shapes can be created and saved away for re-use at a later date. Existing Data Lists can be used to import shapes either as a starting point for new shapes or to create combinations of shapes (such as a channel on an I section). Data Lists are available for the UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Singapore and Australian sections. Limitations/Assumptions The plastic section modulus is only calculated for rectangular shapes at angles of 90 degrees to the principal axes. Results The properties calculated are: Area 2nd moment of area Radius of gyration Plastic section modulus Distance to combined centroid Distance to equal axis area (only shapes with all rectangles at 90 degrees) Elastic section modulus A sketch of the shape for which the properties are calculated can be returned to the document.
Pre-Defining SPT Shapes

It is possible to predefine a section before running the SPT. Each shape needs the following Variables: Type density theta mr Cxx 1 rectangle, 2 Triangle, 3 Circle. material density. rotation angle. modular ratio. distance to centroid from x-axis. HoleType d T D Cyy 0 No hole. length. thickness. diameter of circle. dist to centroid from y-axis.
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5.1.1
Exercise Aims
To understand how the section properties tool works including how to: Incorporate a Sections Properties call in your calculations How to create sections Use pre-defined shapes Store sections for future use We will create the following shape using the Section Properties Tool:
NOTE: A simple approach has been adopted in mapping pre-defined sections into shapes known to the Section Properties Tool. For example channel sections with tapered flanges are mapped to three rectangles, ignoring the taper of the flange and the root and toe radii completely. You should check the adequacy of this approach whenever you use pre-defined sections.
5.1.2
Launch the Section Property Tool
Open a New Default Calc Sheet in TEDDS for Word. Open the Section Properties calculations folder Execute the Section properties calculator to the page. Click Calculate All
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This will now start the Section Properties Tool.
Choose Full Results, Output section shape and Size of drawing canvas = 2m x 1.5m.
If your section is larger than 2m x 1.5m you should select a larger canvas.
Click Next to continue.

The following SPT screen should appear:
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5.1.3
Adding Pre-Defined Shape
The first section we are going to add is from the pre-defined library
Select Insert > Predefined Shape
Select UK + European (hot) and click OK. Select Rolled Steel Channels (Parallel) Select a 230 x 90 x 32 section Click Select.
The section will be placed on the canvas and your screen should now be similar to the one shown below:
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5.1.4
Copying & Rotating
The next step is to enter the same shape again and then rotate it through 1800. This can be achieved in two ways; either insert the section from the predefined shapes Data List as before or by Copy & Paste. We will use the second method for the exercise.
Click on the shape to select it Select Edit > Copy Select Edit > Paste. This will now paste a copy of the shape onto the canvas. With this shape selected we will rotate it. Select the Rotate Tool button Position the cursor over a the shape The rotate button will appear. Hold the left mouse button down and move the mouse in a clockwise direction (or anticlockwise) When you have rotated the object through 1800 release the mouse button. Your screen should now be similar to the one below:
5.1.5
Moving and Snapping Shapes Together
We will now move the second shape and join it to the first shape.
Click on the Select button Select the Second shape Drag the shape to the approximate location but this is not accurate enough. Hold down the Shift button and click on the First shape
The First shape will now have grey selection boxes surrounding it; the Second shape will have white boxes surrounding it. We will now snap the two shapes together. This will be achieved by moving the First shape to join up with the Second shape. Page 138
Select the Snap Objects button. The following dialogue box will appear:
Select the following button. This will move the object with the grey selection boxes to the right of the object with the white selection boxes. Select Centre from the Alignment options. This will align the two objects using their centre selection boxes. Click on OK. This will now snap the two objects together.
5.1.6
Grouping Shapes
To make the next stage easier we will now combine the two objects into one.
Select the Group button. The combined shapes will be treated as a single composite shape. If you need to edit the individual shape components use the UnGroup button.
5.1.7
Insert a User Defined Shape
We will now add a flat bar along the top of our existing shape.
Select Insert > Rectangular Shape The following screen will appear, enter the values as shown and click OK.
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5.1.8
Snapping Shapes Together
The next stage is to snap this shape to the existing one.
Select the new rectangle and the grouped shape Select the Snap Objects button Select the appropriate button to snap the grey object to the white. Select Centre from the Align option Click on OK Select the Group button to group the shapes together.
This will now have grouped the shape into one item, as shown below:
5.1.9
Positioning the Shape
The Section Properties Tool gives the co-ordinates of a shape's combined centroid and the intersection of the X and Y equal area axes relative to the origin of the coordinate system (0,0). Obviously, these values are only of any use if we know the position of at least one point on our section relative to this origin! It is therefore sensible to accurately position a convenient point on our section relative to the origin.
Select Edit>Align Section to Global Origin
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Choose a suitable origin point. Select the Zoom to Fit button to maximise the sketch in the window. This will also ensure that a reasonable sketch will be returned to the TEDDS page.
5.1.10
Viewing the Section Properties

You can view the Variable names by clicking.
Select the Show Properties button.
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5.1.11
Storing the Section
The Section Properties Tool has its own generic file format that allows you to save the current section in its own file. This means that you can build up a library of custom shapes.
Select File > Save As and give the file a name such as B2B Channels + plate1.SPT Click on Save. To recall the shape in the future simply run the SPT and open this file.
5.1.12
Returning Section Details to the Document
To return the calculated properties to TEDDS
Select the Copy To Calcs button

This will now return you to your document and the results of the calculated section properties will be displayed on the page for you.
You can re-generate the shape in the SPT by either re-calculating the document or by running the section properties calculator in a new document and opening the SPT file saved earlier.
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5.0 TEDDS UTILITES
Simple Beam Analysis
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5.2 Exercise 16: Simple Beam Analysis

TEDDS include a quick Simple Beam analysis utility that can be linked to various design calculations. The scope is: Single span, simply supported, straight beams loaded normal to either the major or minor axis. Up to 20 loads (UDL, Partial UDL, VDL, trapezoidal load, point loads (anywhere, mid span, third points or quarter points)) of type dead, imposed or wind Two combinations; one for design and one for deflection. All loads have to be in the same sense.
5.2.1
Design Brief
We will size a steel beam with the following design data: Span = 4000 mm Full dead UDL = 40 kN/m
Imposed point load mid span = 25 kN Trial Serial size Absolute limit on deflection = UB 203x133x25 = 15 mm
On the Library Access System window, choose TEDDS Calcs by Material from the drop list, and then double-click the Steel folder to open it. This will show all the various steel designs available. Execute Steel simple beam analysis & design (BS5950:Part1:2000) to the document.
5.2.2
Calculating the Simple Beam Analysis Utility
Click the Calculate All button.
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Input an Effective Span of 4000 mm Accept the default values for the various design options and click Next.
For Load 1 specify Type = Full UDL, Class = Dead, Wa = 40 kN/m. Add a description such as slab if you wish. Click the + Add Load button to create Load 2 and select Type = 1PL (centre point load), Class = Imposed and P = 25 kN. Check the box for Bending moment so that this sketch will be added to the final calculation, then click Next.
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Choose a section that you think will be adequate
Accept the default effective length details. For the Bending deflection check input a value of 15 mm for the absolute limit on deflection. Select the level of output you require and click Finish.
5.2.3
Simple Beam Analysis Output
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General Beam Analysis
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5.3 Exercise 17: General Beam Analysis

The Beam Analysis utility can be used to calculate bending moments, shear forces, reactions etc. The Beam Analysis can be used to model continuous beams, simply supported beams and cantilevers. The Beam Analysis will elastically analyse the beam under the specified loads. Analysis is by the stiffness matrix method for statically indeterminate beams; hence values are required for the properties of the beam. In the above example (any material) nominal values are used. The Analysis can also be configured to design a beam in a specific material using a specific section. Library items are included to automatically configure common engineering materials and sections. There is also a Rolling Load variant of the calculation. This allows you to set up multiple moving loads on a multi-span continuous beam. See the Notes for this calculation in the Library for more information.
Generic Beams
Open a New Default Calc Sheet. Launch the Library Access System. Execute the following calculation into your document.
Click the Calculate All button. Note the options available for types of beam. Choose Generic analysis (I & A defined) and click Next.
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5.3.1
Beam Geometry
You will see the interface for the Continuous Beam Geometry which you can use to define the type of beam i.e. Fixed end, cantilever, the stiffness of each span, how many spans and the length of spans.
Click the Length text box and input 3000 or 3m. Note the units are in mm. Click on the + Add Span button twice to increase the number of spans, you can then alter the span lengths to 5000mm and 3000mm as shown above. Restrain the first support vertically and rotationally and the drawing will show fixed end, then free the last support vertically and rotationally and you will get a cantilever. Click Next and you will see the loads interface. a
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5.3.2
Beam Loading
Highlight Beam in the selection area on the left hand side. Add a Full UDL of 5kN/m to apply this load to all the spans. Within the Beam loading there is an option for self weight, which is calculated by multiplying the density by the area by a factor. Add a load and select Self Weight and Factor = 1.
5.3.3
Span Loading
Now select Span 2 in the selection area. Click the + Add Load and create a UDL live load of 2kN/m starting at 1000mm and ending at 3500mm as shown above. Click Next to view the interface for combinations.
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5.3.4
Load Combinations
Click into the text box Desc: and give the load combination a name e.g. Dead + Live. Leave the default settings of 1.4 Dead and 1.6 Live. Click the + Add Combination button and give it the name Unfactored Live. Set the Live factors to 1.0 and all the others to zero.
Click on the Patterns button and you can create pattern loading.
You can change the applied load factors and alter the pattern by clicking on the check boxes. When you click OK it creates the combinations, all you need to do then is give them a name. However we will leave you to experiment with this another time so click Cancel. Click Next to view the output options interface.
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5.3.5
Output Options
The Beam Results give the worst load effects anywhere along the beam. The Span Results give the worst effects on each span, in which case detailed results are also available which give the locations of the worst load effects, and the values of shear, moment and deflection at regular intervals along each span.
Check the boxes for the results you require or click Finish to accept the defaults. The specified results will be included in your document.
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Specific Sections and Materials.

Open a New Default Calc Sheet, launch the Library Access System and execute the Beam Analysis calc again. Calculate All and this time choose Steel Beam (BS5950) and specify a 457x191 UB 74 steel beam.
Enter the Length of Span 1 as 6500 mm or 6.5 m. Look at the I, A, Youngs Modulus and Density values and note how these correspond to the serial size we selected and Steel to BS5950 Add the following Beam Load:
Self weight Full UDL Full UDL Dead Dead Live Factor 1.0 35 kN/m 23 kN/m
Give the default combination a title such as ULS Select Output you would like displayed Click Finish. Examine your results.
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WHAT IS TEDDS? .......................................................................................................3

TEDDS FOR WORD ......................................................................................................4

2.0 USING THE CALCULATIONS .................................................................. 11

EXERCISE 1: TEDDS CALCULATION INTERFACES .............................................................13

EXERCISE 2: EDITING CALCULATIONS ............................................................................25

EXERCISE 3: LINKING CALCULATIONS............................................................................33

EXERCISE 4: ADDING YOUR OWN LINKS ........................................................................41

EXERCISE 5: CALCULATION SECTIONS ...........................................................................47

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Working with Calc Sections .............................................................................................................. 54

EXERCISE 6: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER!......................................................................59

3.0 WRITING CALCULATIONS .................................................................... 73

EXERCISE 7: WRITING BASIC CALCULATIONS .................................................................77

EXERCISE 8: TEDDS INPUT FIELDS ..............................................................................87

EXERCISE 9: TEDDS DATA LISTS .................................................................................93

EXERCISE 10: TEDDS OUTPUT FIELDS ..........................................................................99

EXERCISE 11: FORMATTING YOUR CALCULATIONS .........................................................105

EXERCISE 12: TEDDS DATA TABLES ...........................................................................109

4.0 THE LIBRARY ACCESS SYSTEM........................................................... 115

EXERCISE 13: USER LIBRARIES ..................................................................................119

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4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6

EXERCISE 14: TEDDS CALC ITEM FIELD......................................................................127

5.0 TEDDS UTILITES ................................................................................. 131

EXERCISE 15: SECTION PROPERTIES TOOL ...................................................................133

EXERCISE 16: SIMPLE BEAM ANALYSIS........................................................................145

EXERCISE 17: GENERAL BEAM ANALYSIS .....................................................................151

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TEDDS & TEDDS for Word

1.1 What is TEDDS?

TEDDS for Word

Information & Help

1.2 TEDDS for Word

Using TEDDS for Word you can:

TEDDS for Word Screen Layout

TEDDS for Word Menu Bar

TEDDS Format Toolbar

TEDDS Calcs Toolbar

Other TEDDS Toolbars

The Library Access System

Here is the general format for an expression:

(1.6 IL + 1.4 DL)

2.0 USING THE CALCULATIONS

TEDDS Calculation Interfaces

2.1 Exercise 1: TEDDS Calculation Interfaces

= 18mm chipboard, glass fibre insulation, 12.5mm plasterboard

Inserting a Calculation to the Document

Click the Preview button Notes associated with the calculation.