Column 3: Design Parameters

The column is used to name all the design parameters used in column 1. The names must not contain spaces. The names are read from left to right with the word on the left assigned to DESPARA 1. If only DESPARA 2 and DESPARA 3 are used, a DUMMY word is required to fill the gap for DESPARA 1. For example

UPTABLE 1 W<Heig>X<Widt>, /Profile/Variable-SPCO, despA Heig Widt

Based on this definition, if the GENSEC despara are 20 14 30, then the /Profile/Variable-SPCO is mapped to profile W14X30 in table 1 of UPT.

Note:
When a profile is a parametric profile, one record in the mapping file can be matched with several records in the USER PROVIDED TABLE.
For example, when the parameters are 20 14 30, the profile in the example is named W14X30 in Staad Pro. And when the parameters are 30 28 60, the profile is named W28X60. In this case, there must be at least two profiles in the USER PROVIDED TABLE matching the record W<Heig>X<Widt>.