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TableofContents


TableofContents

Thankyou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Quick

Start

Guide

(Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

FirstSteps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

UsingTedds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

WritingTeddsCalculations Stage1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

UsingLibraryCalculationsinTeddsforWord . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

WritingTeddsCalculations Stage2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

EnhancingCalculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47


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TeddsQuickStartGuide

Thankyou


Thankyou

ThankyouforchoosingTedds.Weareconfidentthatyouwillfinditinvaluableandwelookforwardtogettingto

knowyouandyourbusiness.

Togetyouupandrunningquickly,we'vesuppliedthisQuickStartGuide1accessedthroughthe'Help'menu,which

meansyoushouldbeabletorunorcreateyourowncalculationsinaboutanhour.Afterthat,youwilleasilygo

fromnovicetoexpert,simplybyusingthe'Help'menuandthemanualswe'veprovidedasPDFs.

IfyouhaveanycommentsorideasaboutTedds,pleasegetintouchandsharethemwithus.Weaimtoprovidethe

verybestsolutionsandfeedbackfromourcustomersisvitaltous.

EnjoyusingTedds,welookforwardtohearingfromyou.

The Tedds team

Installationandlicensing

ForinstructionsoninstallingandlicensingTeddspleasereadtheSoftwareInstallationandLicensingGuide.pdf

locatedintherootfolderoftheTeddsinstallationCD.

Footnotes

1. This document was prepared for Tedds 2013. If you are using a newer version of the software some features may vary.


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QuickStartGuide(Australia)



Introduction

Firstof

all,

congratulations

on

your

choice

of

Tedds

and

welcome

to

the

Tedds

Quick

Start

Guide.

Tedds

is

atool

that

willdramaticallyincreaseyourproductivity,andwhichwillbecomeasindispensabletoyouasyourcalculator,so

muchsothatyoullwonderhowyouevermanagedwithoutit.Thousandsofengineersworldwidehavealready

realisedthebenefitsTeddsoffersandsocanyou.

Wearesurethat,atthemoment,youwillhavemanyquestionsaboutTeddsbutprobablyattheforefrontofyour

mindare:

WhatisTedds?

WhyTeddsandTeddsforWord?

HowdoIuseit?

Thatswherethisguidecomesin.Thebestwaytoanswerthesequestionsistoshowyou,sothisguideincludes

examplesfor

you

to

do

(not

just

to

read),

and

thereby

learn

about

Tedds,

and

how

to

use

it,

in

the

most

effective

mannerpossible bydoing.

FirstwewillshowyouthatyoucanbeconfidentandproductiveinusingTeddsinamatterofminutes.Thenwewill

moveontoshowyouhowtorealiseitsfullpotential,andhowalittleinvestmentintimeandeffortnowmeansthat

youcanreaphugerewardsinthefuture.Weknowthatyourtimeisprecious,soletsgetstarted.

WhatisTedds?

Firstofall,andmostimportantly,TeddsisanapplicationwrittenbyStructuralEngineersforStructuralEngineers,

notjustanumber cruncherwrittenwithaccountantsandscientistsinmind.Furthermore,Teddsisaprovensystem

thathasbeeninuseanddevelopmentforover15years.YouuseacalculationfromtheTeddsEngineeringLibrary

writtenby

our

experienced

in

house

engineers

covering

awide

range

of

common

engineering

tasks,

you

can

create

andedityourowncalculations,oryoucanmixbothoftheseapproaches.

IntheTeddsEngineeringLibraryyouwillfindcalculationsfordeterminingloading

TeddsEngineeringLibrary


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fortheAnalysisandDesignofmanytypesofelementsandconstructions

andmuchmore.Eachcalculationisessentiallyasophisticateddesignprograminitsownright.Everycalculation

youperformcanbesaveddiscretely,andrecalculatedanynumberoftimes,inamatterofmoments,torefineyour

design,ortocaterforchanges.Butthatsnotall

TeddsEngineeringUtilities

Alongwiththecalculationsinthelibraryyoualsogetallthesegreatfeaturesandutilities:

DataLists

make

masses

of

engineering

data

easily

and

instantly

accessible,

TeddsuniqueinteractiveDataTableswhichfeatureAutomaticInterpolationandSearchfunctions,


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Theseintuitivetoolsareintegratedwithallourcalculations,soyouhavetheinformationyouneedatyour

fingertipsasyouusethecalculation.What'smore,youcanintegrateDataListsandDataTablesintoyourown

calculations.

Tedds has all the Engineering Values, Math and Logicfunctions you need, and it automatically handles Units

(Metric and Imperial). You can consign your conversion factor tables to the bin Tedds takes care of them

automatically.Thismeansthatwritingyourownpowerfulcalculationsisveryeasy,

. mm . m S4100 g mm+ 586.6 g/m=


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Whatelsedoyouneed?HowaboutaSectionPropertiesCalculatorthatautomaticallydeterminestheproperties

ofsectionscomposedofahugevarietyofshapesandmaterials?WithTeddsyouvegotit

anda2DFrameAnalysisToolthatcanbeusedforlinearstaticanalysisofframeswithunlimitednodes,andfor

multispanContinuousBeamAnalysis,

So,asyoucan see, Tedds is an indispensable toolbox for thepractisingengineer. In fact, webelieve itswhat

youvebeenlookingforallthistime!


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TeddsandTeddsforWordWhatisthedifference?

YoucanrunTeddsintwomodes.One whichwecalljustTedds isverysimple,verypowerful,completelyself

containedandrequiresnoknowledgeofanyotherpackage.Thismodegivesyouaccesstoallthemajor

EngineeringLibrarycalculationsandutilities,andisthebestplacetostartusingTedds.Wewilllookatthismode

firstbelow.

Theothermode TeddsforWord isevenmorepowerfulandisentirelyintegratedwithMicrosoftWord infactit

operatesinWord.So,ofcourse,youneedWord(andithelpstohavealittleknowledgeofit).Inthismodeyoucan

runalltheTeddsEngineeringLibrarycalculationsandutilitiesandalsohavealltheeditingfeaturesofWordatyour

disposaltocreatereallycompleteandprofessionallookingreports.Inthismodeyoucanalsowriteyourown

calculations.

HowdoIuseTedds?

Now,youprobablystartedoffaskingofTedds Whatdoesitdo?Well,wehaveshownyouthatTeddscandoso

much,thatabetterquestionis:

Whatdo

you

want

to

do?

Takealookatthetasklistbelow weguessthatyouhaveneededorwantedtodomostofthesethingssometime:

Checkthatarectangularhollowsection,subjecttocompressionandbending,isOKandproduceasmart,

finishedcalculationtoshowthis.

Createaproformacalculationtospeedupandtakethetediumoutofsomerepetitivecalculations.

CreatecalculationsinaWorddocumentreadytoincludeinareport.

Determinetheloadchasedownandwindloadsonabuildingandincludethesecalculationsinafinal

report.

Createasophisticatedproformacalculationsuitableforotherstouse.

Ifyoucouldhavedonewithsomehelpwiththese,youhaveitnowwithTedds.

TheexamplesthatfollowwillshowyouhoweasythisisinTedds:simplydothem.Theexamplesbuildonone

another,andsoarebestattemptedintheorderthattheyappear.Wegiveyoutheroughtimethateachexample

willtake,soyouknowthatyouhavetimetofinishit.

Watchoutforkeypointshighlightedlikethisintheguide.Alltheinformationinthisguideis

usefulandimportant,butthisinformationisespeciallyso.

FormorehelpandtipsonusingTeddsdon'tforgettoreadthecomprehensivehelpsystem

available

in

both

Tedds

and

Tedds

for

Word.


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FirstSteps


FirstSteps

IfyouhaventinstalledTedds,theninserttheCDintoyourcomputersCD/DVDdrive,andfollowtheonscreen

instructionstoinstallit.

OnceTeddsisinstalled,youwillfinditsicon(shownbelow)onyourdesktop:

1. Doubleclicktheicontolaunchtheprogram.

2. If thisisthefirsttimeyouarestartingTedds,orifyouareupdatingfromapreviousversionofTedds,thenyou

willseetheTeddsSetupWizardwhichallowsyoutoconfigureTeddswithyourcompanydetailsandsoon.

WorkthroughthevariouspagesoftheWizardandwhenyoureachtheendclickFinish.

3. TheStart

Tedds

menu

will

display.

4. ChoosetheversionofTeddsyouwishtorun(tostartwithweshalluseTeddsratherthanTeddsforWord)so

clickTedds.

Alternatively,you

can

click

the

Start

button

on

the

Windows

task

bar,

select

Programs/CSC/

Tedds/

Start

Tedds.


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UsingTedds


UsingTedds

Exercise1:Designofsteelsection.

Inthis

exercise

you

will

learn

how

to

use

any

of

the

calculations

in

the

extensive

Tedds

Engineering

Library.

WewishtocheckthefollowingRHSsteelbeam:

RunningTeddsandLocatingCalculations

Youneedtofindanappropriatecalculation,runitandenterthedesigninformation.Youwillseejusthoweasythis

is.

1. LaunchTeddsfromtheicononyourdesktop.

2. If thisisthefirsttimeyouarestartingTedds,orifyouareupdatingfromapreviousversionofTedds,thenyou

willseeTheTeddsSetupWizardwhichallowsyoutoconfigureTeddswithyourcompanydetailsandsoon.

WorkthroughthevariouspagesoftheSetupWizardandwhenyoureachtheendclickFinish.

3. FromtheStartTeddsmenuclicktheversionofTeddstorun.

Allow about 15 minutes to complete this exercise.

DesignInformation:

DesignCode; =AS4100

Dimensions; Length; =5.0m

Effectivelengthfactors; =0.85

Design

Forces; Moment;

=

135

kNmShear; =60.0kN

Axialcompression; =40.0kN

Proposedsection; RHSpreferred;Grade; =C450

Choose

Tedds...


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4. AgainifthisisthefirsttimeyouhaverunTedds,orifyouareupdatingfromapreviousversionyouwillseea

licensingwindow.Ifyouwanttousetheemailoption(recommended)itsagoodideatodosonow.Whenyou

arereadytoproceedclickClosetoshutthelicensingwindowandrunTedds(youhaveatwodayperiodduring

whichyoucanuseTeddswithoutenteringtheunlockcode).

5. Nowyou

will

see

the

Tedds

Start

Page:

6. ClickNewDocument...andyouwillseetheSelectCalculationdialog:

7. ClickontheAllfolder.

TheinstructionsaboutusingTeddsaredisplayedintherighthandpanel.


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EveryTeddscalculationislistedinthelefthandpanel.

Whenyouclickonacalculation,notesrelatingtoitaredisplayedontherightside.

Tofindacalculationyoucouldsimplyclickonafolderinthelisttoopenit,thenclickaheadingtoselecta

calculation.HoweverforthisexampletheFindinlistfeaturewillbeusedinstead.

8. TypesteelmemberdesignintheFindinlistbox.

9. Thefirstiteminthelibrarymatchingtheenteredtextisselected wearelookingfortheSteelmemberdesign

(AS4100)calculation.

If

necessary

click

Next

until

it

is

selected

as

shown

below.

10. ClicktheCalculatebuttonatthebottomrightofthedialog:threethingswillhappen:

Anewcalculationdocumentwillopenyouwillseethisinthebackground.

TheInterfaceforthechosenautomatedcalculationwillbedisplayedatthefirstpage.

Anotherwindow,titledtheProgressLogwillalsobedisplayedwewillexplainthisshortly.

IftheShowExamplesoptionischecked,youwillalsoseealloftheexamplesthatareincluded

inthelibrary thesedemonstratethepotentialscopeofeachofthecalculationsandshow

youthe

typical

output.

FindinListwilllocatethefirstitemtitleinthelibrarythatcontainstheexacttextentered.

KeywordsintheitemdescriptionarealsoconsideredprovidedtheoptiontoFindinitem

descriptionsremainschecked.

Notethereisalsoa'Steelbeamanalysis&design(AS4100)'calculationavailablewhichwill

determinethedesignforcesbeforeproceedingtothedesign.


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EnteringDataintheAutomatedCalculationUserInterface

TheuserinterfacesforallofthecalculationsintheTeddsengineeringlibraryuseaconsistentstylewhichensures

theyareeasytouse.Youselectthedesignoptionsyourequireandentervaluesfordimensions,loadingetc.allof

whichareclearlyexplained.Seetheboxbelowformoreinformation.

Inthelefthandcolumnare:

whichdisplaydetailsonthe

calculations beingperformed,

whichdisplay

an

appropriate

sketch

forthecalculations,

thislistsallthecurrentvariables,

valuescanbeselectedfromhereto

enterintothecurrentinterface,

thisallowsyoutosendfeedbackto

thedevelopment team,

tellsyouhowtoobtainsupportin

yourregion.

Notes

Sketches

Variables

Feedback

Support

Enterinformationin

the .

Where

appropriate,variablesmayhave

validationand

preventinvalid

information being

entered

datafields

An ( )totheleftofavariable descriptionshowsthatthereismoreinformation availableaboutthisparticular

variable.

Theyellowinformation area(atthetopofthedialog)displaysanyinformationabouttheselectedvariable(ifavailable).Youcan

Isymbol

Atthebottomoftheinterfaceyoucanclick tocontinuetothenextpage,

toreturntoapreviouspage, tostopthecalculations atthe

currentpoint,and toreturnthedatatoyourcalculationdocument.

Next

Back Cancel

Finish

A willallow

youtoentermore

information orselect

aparticularitem.

button

TheGeneralAutomatedCalculationInterfaceExplained


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1. Inthiscalculationallthevaluesfordesignforcesandsectiondetailscanbespecifiedonthefirstpageofthe

interfaceandthecalculationresultsarealsodisplayed.

Notethatadditionaldesignandoutputoptionsareavailablebyclickingtheappropriatebuttons.

TherearealreadysomeexamplevaluesprovidedforthebeamdesignsotakeamomenttoreviewtheDesign

Information:onpage 12. andchecktounderstandwhyyouarechangingtheinformationshownabove.

2. EntertheDesignbendingmomentof135kNm.

3. EntertheDesignshearforceof60kN.

4. FinallyfortheAxialloadapplied,selectCompressionloadandenteravalueof40kN.

5. SettheSteelgradetoC450.

Notethatasyouchangethevaluesandoptionsforyourdesignthecalculationresultsare

immediatelyupdated.


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6. Nowyouneedtochooseasectiontocheck,butyoudon'tneedtogooffandfindalistofsectionproperties,

sinceallthedatarequiredcanbeaccessedwithinTedds.Clickthe'Section...'buttontodisplaytheDataListfor

steelsections.

DataLists

Youare

now

looking

at

aData

List:

atool

that

allows

you

to

choose

asection

and

see

its

properties

at

the

click

of

a

button.

Inthiscase,botha250x150x8RHSanda300x200x6RHSmayproveadequatebutwhichisthelighter?

1. ClicktheRectangularHollowSectionsectiontype thisisknownastheDataListpageyourequire.

2. Selectthesizeandthicknessyourequire.

3. ClickontheDetailsbuttontoseeallthepropertiesoftheselectedsection(notethatthedetailswindow

updatesinstantaneouslywhenyouclickonanothersection).

4. Checkthepropertiesofbothsections.The300x200x6.0RHSsectionislighterandmaybepreferredchoose

thissectionandclicktheSelectbuttontocontinuewiththecalculationusingthissectionsize.

YouwillfindDataListsforallkindsofengineeringdatathroughoutTeddscalculations;there

aredatalistsforbolts,reinforcingbars,timbersectionsandmuchmore.However,theyall

workinjustthesamesimpleandintuitiveway.

Choosetheshape

youwant...

buttonDetails

...andthesize


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5. TheNumberofsectionsoptionallowsyoutodesignbeamsusingtwoormoresections.Inthisexampleasingle

sectionissufficientsonochangeisrequired.

6. Thesectionlength(distancebetweenrestraints)isstillthedefault8000mmsochangethisto5000mm,for

boththemajorandminoraxes.

7. Thecalculationresultsshowthatthesectionispassingallthechecksbutyouhavenotyetsettheeffective

lengthfactorsforcompressionbuckling.ClicktheDesignoptions...buttontoviewanotherinterfacepage.

8. LeavemostofthevaluesasdefaultbutchangethevalueforKexandKeyto0.85,bytypingorusingthedrop

lists.

9. ClickOKtoreturntothemainpageoftheinterfaceandcheckthecalculationresults.


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10. YoucannowchoosethelevelofoutputyourequirebyclickingtheOutputoptions...button.

AutomatedCalculationsandLibraryitems

Youhaveprobablyrealisedbynowthatthiscalculationcatersforallkindsofsteelsections,dimensionsand

loading.Foreachpossibilityandcheck,thereisanitemintheLibrary infactthiscalculationhasover150items.

Whenyouuseacalculationlikethis,Teddsautomaticallychoosestheappropriateitemsforyouroptionsandinput,

andputsthemtogethertomakeupthecompletedesign.

11. Accepttheresultsandcontinue.NotethattheinterfacehasfinishedandyounowhaveaFinishbuttontoclick:

TheProgressLog

Asallthecalculationresultsareshownontheinterface,thisparticularcalculationdoesnotmakeuseofthe

ProgressLog.Asothercalculationsproceed,youmayseeasummaryofthechecksandotherimportantandhelpful

informationintheprogresslog.

Inthelogyoucanseeataglanceifyourchosensectionisadequate,andifnot,howitisfailing.Alwayskeepaneye

ontheprogresslogwhenrunningcalculations.

Oncereviewed

clicktoclose


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ExaminingFinishedCalculations

OK,buthowisyourchosensectionperforming?Themaininterfacedisplayedthedesignforces,capacitiesand

utilisationsbutyoumaywanttoexaminetheresultsinmoredetail.

12. Scrollthroughthecalculationandexaminethemomentcapacitycheck:

13. Theresanotherreallyimportantpointtonoteaboutthecalculationsdisplayedtheydontjustshowyou

results,buthowthoseresultshavebeenarrivedat.

Teddsisnotablackboxwhereallyoucanseeistheresult,andallyoucandoisacceptit.In

Teddsyoucanseeexactlywhatsgoingon.YoucanseewhatchecksTeddsdoes.Whatdesign

methoddoesituse?Fromwheredidthatnumbercome?Theanswerstoallthesequestionsare

rightthereinfrontofyou!ThisisamajorreasonwhyTeddsissopopularwithengineerstheworld

over.

Furthermore,ifyouneedanexampleofhowtowriteyourowncalculations,thenlooknofurther.

That'sexactlywhatyouarelookingat everycalculationinthelibraryisanexampleofhowto

writeyourown.HowdoIwriteamathexpressioninTedds?HowdoIuselogicoramathfunction

inTedds?Lookagainatthecheckshownaboveandyouwillseetheanswerstothesequestions.

WewilllookmorecloselyathowtowriteyourowncalculationsbeginningwithWritingTedds

Calculations Stage1onpage 25.


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ReCalculating

Changesareafactoflifeforengineers,theyalwayshavebeen,andtheyalwayswillbe!Youneedtobeabletotake

accountofanychangesandupdateyourcalculationsquickly.WithTeddsthisisnoproblem.

Saythatyourbeamneedstobe0.1mlongersincethebeamwhichsupportsitneedstobemoved,toavoidaclash.

Isyour

section

still

OK?

1. ClicktheRecalculatebuttonontheapplicationsmaintoolbar(highlightedabove).

Thecalculationwillrunagain,butthistimealltheinformationyouenteredlasttimeisremembered.Itsa

simplemattertochangetherequireddata.

2. Changethedistancesbetweenrestraintsto5100mm.

3. Whatistheeffectofthischangeonthedesign?ChecktheCalculationresultsand/ortheoutputtosee.

Teddsmakesiteasytoupdatecalculationssimplyrecalculateandyoucanupdateyourdesignquickly.

HiddenText

ForthosecalculationsthatmakeuseoftheProgressLogyoumaynoticethefollowingmessageattheendofthe

ProgressLogtext:

Note:somecalculationsmaybeinhiddentext

AllthecalculationsperformedbyTeddsareavailableintheoutputandingeneralsotheyarebutattimessome

intermediatecalculationsarehiddentoreducetheamountofoutput.Itissimpletoviewtheseandtoincludethem

inyourprintout.

1. OpentheapplicationsViewmenuthenusetheHiddenTextoptionandexaminethecheckagain.Youwillsee

allthehiddentextunderlinedwithdashedlines.

2. InthisexampletherearenohiddencalculationsbutyouwillseethenamesoftheLibraryitemsusedinthe

output

3. SelectView/HiddenTextagaintohidetheLibraryitemnames.Nowletusconsiderhowtoprintcalculations.


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TheHeader&Printing

Obviouslyyouwantprofessionallookingprintedoutput.Youwillseethatyouhaveaheaderregionatthetopof

thecalculations,buthowdoyousetitsdetails?

1. ClicktheHeaderbuttonhighlightedabovethisopensadialogwhereyoucanentertheinformationyouwant.

Entertheprojectdetailsshownbelow,orsomethingsimilar,foryourheader.

2. OntheCompanypageyoucandefineyourowncompanydetails.Dothisnow,ifyouwantto.Ifyoudont,then

remembertodosobeforeyouprintyourfirstpropersetofcalculations.

3. Onthe

Template

page

you

will

see

the

Tedds

template

which

your

calculations

will

use

and

the

logo

file

which

Teddswilladdtothetemplate.Youcanchangethetemplateandlogoifnecessaryclickthistabandcheck

thatitsdetailsarecorrect.


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4. Maybeyouwouldliketotryadifferentstyleoftemplate,thereareanumberofstandardtemplatestochoose.

ClicktheSelectbuttontoseethese.Choosethetemplateyouwanttouseandyouwillseeapreviewofwhat

calculationsproducedwiththattemplatewilllooklike.Whenyouhavefoundthetemplateyouwanttouse

clickOKtouseit.

5. If you

have

acopy

of

your

company

logo

in

electronic

format,

and

the

template

style

you

select

supports

alogo,

thenyoucanaddyourlogotothetemplate.Makesurethatthelogoisavailableonyourcomputer,Browseto

findit,andthenclickOKtoaddittothetemplate.

6. ClickOKtoexittheHeaderPropertiesdialogandviewyourfinishedcalculation.

7. SelectFile/PrintPreviewtoseehowitwilllookprinted.IfnecessaryopentheHeaderPropertiesdialogand

changetheScaleofthelogotomakeitfitthetemplatecorrectly.OncethetemplateandlogoarecorrectPrint

thecalculationandexamineyourhardcopy.

8. Congratulations,youhaveproducedyourfirstpieceofworkwithTedds!

Tofinish

this

example

lets

look

at

afew

points

about

saving

and

outputting

your

results.

SavingandOutputOptions

YoucansaveeveryTeddscalculationtoauniquefilethatyoucanrecallandeditanytimeinthefuture.Thefile

extension.tedisuniquetoTedds.

1. Saveyourfileandgiveitaname itsagoodideatosavealltheexamplesyouwillproduceinthecourseof

completingtheguide,forfuturereference.

2. Theoutputyouseeinthedocumentcanbeprinteddirecttoaprinter,butyouhaveotheroptions.

3. ClickthedropdownbuttonadjacenttoSendToonthetoolbartoviewthese.

4. ChoosetheoptionofsendingtheoutputtoWordandexperimentwiththeotheroptionsifyouwish.Once

youroutputisinaWorddocument,youcanedititasmuchasyouwish.

PerformingaNewCalculation

1. HowdoyoustartanewcalculationinTedds?

2. ClicktheNewbutton;theSelectCalculationdialogwillopenandyoucanselectandstartanewcalculationina

newdocument.


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UsingTedds


WhatNext?

Congratulations!Youhavecompletedthefirstexerciseandnowknowallyoureallyneedtomakeuseofthewide

rangeofcalculationsavailableintheTeddsEngineeringLibraryandtobeginusingTeddsproductively.Takealook

throughtheindexandtrysomemore.Howabout:

carryingout

awind

load

calculation?

designingaretainingwall?

designinganRCfooting?

analysinganddesigningatimberrafter,beamorpost

Thechoiceisyours,andallthesecalculationsworkinthesamestraightforward, intuitiveway.Somecalculations

mayalsoincludeDatatableswhicharedesignedtolookliketablesfromprintedreferences,sothatyou

immediatelyfeelathomewiththem.Indeedwehopeyouwillfindyourselfrecognisingthem.

WhatcanyoudoiftheLibrarydoesnotcontaintheexactcalculationforwhichyouarelooking?Youneedto

performanumberofcalculations,andcoulddowithacalculationtohelpyououtwiththese.Firstofall,TELLUS:

ifyouarerunningacalculation,thenyouwillseeaFeedbackbuttontothelefthandsideoftheinterface,

ifyouarenotrunningacalculation,thenyoucanchoosetheFeedbackoptionfromtheHelpmenu.

WeareconstantlyworkingtoexpandourEngineeringLibraryandyourinputhelpsusdothis!

Butyoudonthavetowaituntilweproducetheseforyou youcanwritethemyourself.Wewilllookatthisinthe

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WritingTeddsCalculations Stage1



HavinglookedatusingcalculationsfromtheTeddsLibrarywecanmoveontolookatoneofthemostexcitingand

powerfulfeaturesofTedds theabilitytocreateyourowncalculations.Thisiswhereaninitialinvestmentoftime

cangiveyouhugereturnslater.OnceyouhaveinvestedtimewritingaCalculation,youcanuseitoverandover

again,youcanalsoupdatecalculationsinaninstant,makingfurthergreatsavings.Youcanalsocustomieand

extendtheLibraryofTeddscalculationstomatchthecalculationsthatyouusemostfrequentlyinyouroffice.

Exercise2:WritingTeddsCalculations

InthisexercisewewillseethatwritingTeddscalculationssimplyusesthemathandlogicconventionswithwhich

youarealreadyconversant.Westartbylookingbrieflyatverysimpleexamplesintroducingthebasicsofcalculating

withTeddsforWord.Wethencreatearealworldexample,coveringthemainfeaturesofwritingeffective

calculationsindepth.

RunningTeddsforWord

TowritecalculationsyouneedtouseTeddsforWord.

1. LaunchTeddsfromtheicononyourdesktop

2. ChoosetheoptiontorunTeddsforWordthenclickStart.

3. ClickOK MicrosoftWordwillnowopenwithTeddsintegrated.Ifthisisthefirsttimeyou'verunTeddsforWord

aReleaseNotesdocumentandtheLibraryAccessSystemwillopentoo.


ItisimportanttorealisethatyouarelookingatMicrosoftWordwiththeTeddscapabilities

added.WeonlyaddtothefunctionalityofWord,soyoucandoanythingyouwouldnormally

doinWord.TreataTeddsCalculationDocumentjustlikeyouwouldanyordinaryWorddocument.

Youcantypereports,importfilesandtext,embedspreadsheetandsoon.Andofcourseyoucan

addcalculationstoyourreports;eitherstraightoutoftheTeddsEngineeringLibrary,justasyoudid

inthepreviousexercise,orcreateyourown.


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TheTeddsinterface(TeddsforWord2002 2003)

IfyouareusingTeddsforWord2002 2003themaintoolbarsandcomponentsyouwillneedtouseinthisexercise

arelocatedeitherontheTeddsCalcstoolbar,ortheTeddsFormattoolbarashighlightedbelow:

YouwillfindaWordDocumentopen,whichlooksverysimilartotheTeddsoutputdocument.

Thedocument

Header

can

be

edited

in

asimilar

manner

to

that

in

Tedds

by

clicking

the

Calc

Sheet

Header

button

ontheTeddsFormattoolbar thisbuttonishighlightedabove.

1. Inthisexercisetwodocumentsarerequired,soopenanewblankonebyselectingFile/NewTeddsDocument.

2. ClosetheLibraryAccessSystemforthetimebeing.

NowwearereadytobeginwritingourfirstcalculationinTedds.

TheTEDDS toolbarhelpswith the

documentandwritingcalculations

Format editing

CalcSheetHeader

TheTEDDS aWorddocumentwithadded

functionality

CalcSheet

TheTEDDS toolbarcontrolsallthe

functionalityin

TEDDS

for

Word

Calcs Calculating

The

isthe

equivalent of

theSelectCalculation

dialoginTedds

LibraryAccess

System


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TheTeddsinterface(TeddsforWord2007 2010 2013)

IfyouareusingTeddsforWord2007 2010)thecommandsyouwillneedtouseinthisexercisecanallbefoundon

theTeddsTaboftheribbonashighlightedbelow:

Youwill

find

aWord

Document

open,

which

looks

very

similar

to

the

Tedds

output

document.

ThedocumentHeadercanbeeditedinasimilarmannertothatinTeddsbyclickingtheEditHeaderbutton this

buttonishighlightedabove.

1. Inthisexercisetwodocumentswillberequired,soopenanewblankonebyselectingFile/NewTedds

Document.

NowwearereadytobeginwritingourfirstcalculationinTedds.

TheBasics

WritingcalculationsinTeddsforWordiseasy.Teddsfollowsstandardmathematicalrulesandusesstandard

mathematicaloperators.

For

example

1+2would

add

1to

2.

To

write

an

equation

use

the

=sign,

and

to

specify

whereyouwanttoseetheanswerusethe?symbol.Forexample:

1+2= ?

1. Typetheaboveanywhereinyourdocument.Whenyoucalculatethisequationthe ?willbereplacedwiththe

answer.

CalculatinginTeddsforWord

TocalculateequationsinTeddsyoucanuseoneofseveralicons:

2. ClicktheCalculateAllbuttontocalculateyourequation:

1+2=3.000

3. Youshouldfindtheanswerdisplayedinyourdocumentasshownabove.Ifyouhaveanerror,turntoErrors

andTroubleshootingonpage 33.

All thiswillcalculatethewholedocument.

CalculateSection thiswillcalculatetheCalc.Sectionyourcursorisin.

CalculateSelection thiswillcalculateonlyequationsyouhave

EditHeader

TeddsOptions

CalcAllVariables

GreekText,Superscript

&Subscript

highlighted


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UnitsinTedds

Teddsautomaticallytakesunitsintoaccount,soyoudontneedtoapplyconversionfactorstogettherightanswer.

Teddswillalsocheckthattheunitsyouareusingaredimensionallycorrectandwarnyouiftheyarent.

1. Typethefollowinginyourdocumentusingthesamecaseasyouseehere:

890mm+1ft+8.5in= ?m

2. ClicktheCalculateAllbuttontocalculatethisequation:

890mm+1ft+8.5in=1.411m

3. Youshouldfindtheanswerdisplayedinyourdocumentasshownabove.Ifyouhaveanerror,turntothe

sectionErrorsandTroubleshootingonpage 33.

DefiningandUsingInputVariablesinTedds

DefiningvariablesisthekeytowritingeffectiveTeddscalculations.Wewillusethefollowingcalculationsto

demonstratethis.

Do

not

type

this

yet

we

will

show

you

how

to

enter

the

calculation

below

(in

stages)

in

the

followingcoupleofpages.

1. Closethecurrentdocument,(becausetwodocumentswereopenedatthebeginningoftheexerciseyou

shouldstillhaveanemptyonedisplayed).

2. Typeinthefollowingtwoparagraphsintheemptydocument.

3. Thefirst

paragraph

is

just

atitle

for

our

calculation.

The

second

paragraph

is

astandard

Variable

Definition.


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4. Onceyouhavefinishedtyping,readthenotesintheboxbelowforanexplanationofastandardvariable

definition,andtocheckyouhavetypeditcorrectly.

5. Nowenterthefollowingparagraphwhichusesthisvariable:

6. UsetheMultiplySymbolbuttontoenterthemathematicaloperator donotusealowercasex

TheStandardVariableDefinitionExplained

Notethefollowing:

Theexpressiondefinesthevariable'suniquename,currentvalueandunits.

Variablenamesarecasesensitive,cannotcontainspacesorbefunctionnames(likesinfor

example).Otherthanthatyoucanuseprettymuchanythingyoulikeasyoucansee,including

GreektextandSubscripts.

Thesemicolonisimportant.Itisadelimiterthatseparatesanexpressionfromtext,oranother

expressionin

the

same

paragraph.

If

you

omit

delimiters

in

either

of

these

cases,

then

you

will

getanerrorwhenyoucalculateyourdocument.

Theequalitysign'='definesanexpression.Withoutitnocalculationwillbeperformed.

SpacesandTabsarenotsignificantinthis,oranyother,expression.Useasmanyorasfewas

youwishtomakeyourcalculationslookpresentableandeasytoread.

WewilllookatUnitsinmoredetailshortlybut,fornow,notethattheyarealsocasesensitive

andhaveacorrectsyntax,thatyoumustuse(asshownabove).

Explanation (optional)

Yield strength ; fu = 430 MpaDelimiter Equality

Expression

ValueVariableName Unit always

use if the

variable has


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7. Checkthenotesintheboxbelowforadetailedexplanationofthecomponentsofthisparagraph.

8. NowclicktheCalculateAllbuttontocalculateyourcalculation.

9. Yourexpressionhasbeencalculatedandtheresulthasreplacedthe ?asbefore.Ifyouhaveanerror,turnto

ErrorsandTroubleshootingonpage 33.

10. Herearethenexttwoparagraphsofthecalculation.Thefirstparagraphisastandardvariabledefinition,while

thesecondusesbothNandfytodeterminetheminimumsectionareaandcreatesavariableAmi nwiththis

value.

11. Typethefirstparagraph,thenfollowthestepsbelowtoenterthesecond.

12. Thesecondparagraphcontainsexamplesoftheuseofsubscript(oftenusedfornamesuffixes)andsuperscript

(usedforpowers).

13. TotypethevariablenameAmin,firsttypetheA,thenclicktheSubscriptbutton:

14. Nowtypemin,thenclickthebuttonagaintoreturntonormaltext.

MathematicalExpressionsExplained

Thesameobservationsasbeforeapplytodelimiters,explanations,spacesandunits.

Youcannotomitmathoperatorsinexpressions:Teddscannotcalculate0.6Fu,youmusttype

theexpressionasshownabove,includingthe.

Theresultfield?isusedtotellTeddswheretheresultshouldbeoutput whencalculatedthe

?willbereplacedwiththeresultoftheexpression.

Thevalueoftheresultwillbeintheresultunityouspecify.Ensurethishasthecorrectform

anddimensions.Donotomitthis.

Theexpressioncontainsavariable(Fu)thatisdefinedinthecalculationsbefore(thatisabove)

thepointwhereitisused.Expressionsshouldnotcontainvariablesthatarenotyetdefined.

Theexpressioncontainstwoequalitiesandperformstwofunctions:

calculatesanddisplaysthevaluewewishtoknow theresult.

assignsthisresulttoavariablenamedfy

Itisnotobligatorytoalwaysdothis.Youcanwriteavalidexpressiontoperformjustoneof

thesefunctionsbyeitheromittingthevariablenameandthefirstequality,orthesecond

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15. Totypetheunitmm2,firsttypemm,thenclicktheSuperscriptbutton:

16. Nowtype2,thenclickthebuttonagaintoreturntonormaltext.

17. ClickCalculateAlltocalculatetheseexpressionsonceyouhaveenteredthem.

18. Youshouldfindtheresultdisplayedinthedocument ifyouhaveanerror,turntoErrorsand

Troubleshootingonpage 33.

19. Herearethefinalthreeparagraphsofthecalculation.Followthestepsbelowtocreatethese.

20. Herewedefinetwonewvariablestobeusedintheexpressiononthefinalparagraph.

21. Typethefirstparagraph,enteringthesubscriptforthenameLeasyoudidbefore.

22. Followthestepsbelowtoenterthesecondparagraph.

23. UsetheGreekTextbuttontoenterthenameL

24. Firstclick

the

button

indicated,

then

type

the

Roman

equivalent

of

the

Greek

letter

(l

in

this

case

for

lambda).

25. Nowclickthebuttonagaintoreturntonormaltext,thenenterthesubscriptsuffixasyoudidaboveusingthe

Subscriptbutton.

26. UseCopyandPastetoenterthisnameinthefinalexpression.

27. NowclickCalculateAlltocalculatethesefinalexpressions:

28. Youshouldfindtheresultdisplayedinthedocument ifyouhaveanerror,turntoErrorsand

Troubleshootingonpage 33.

AmucheasierwayofenteringGreekcharactersandmorecomplexunitsistousetheTedds

GreekCharacters,TeddsSIUnitsandTeddsUSUnitstoolbars.Word2002 2003userssimply

pickTedds/ Toolbarsmenuoptionandchecktheappropriateoptions.Word2007 2010users

canselectdirectlyfromtheTeddsTabontheribbon.

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StoringVariablesinTedds

1. ClicktheVariables button.

2. TheVariablesdialogwillopen,displayingthestoredvalues.

3. Youwillnotethatwedonotjuststorethevariablenameandvalue,butalsothedimensions.ThisishowTedds

handlesalltheunitconversionsforyou.

4. Cancelfrom

this

dialog,

and

edit

one

of

the

values

on

the

page

say

the

tie

force

to

N=

600

kN.

Now

check

back

inthestoredvariablesandyouwillnotethestoredvaluehasnotchanged.

5. Recalculatethedocumentandcheckbackinthelistofvariables thenewvaluehasnowbeenstored.

MoreAboutUnitsinTedds

6. Changethe

tie

force

back

to

its

original

value

N

=675

kN.

Calculate

again

to

store

this

new

value.

7. LookagainatthevaluesdisplayedintheVariablesdialog.Youwillnotethatmanyofthesevaluesarenotthose

displayedinthedocument.

8. ThevaluesinthedialogareintheBaseUnitsinwhichTeddsperformsallcalculationsandfromwhichallthe

otherunitsarederived.Thebaseunitsareshowninthefollowingtable:

NotethatyoucanDeletevariablesfromthislistifyouwish:

Animportantobservationthestoredvalueofavariableonlychangeswhenyoure

calculatethedefinition,notwhenyoujustedititonthepage.Ifyoueditthevalueofa

variableyoumustrecalculatethevariabledefinition,andanycalculationsthatuseittoupdate

them.

TeddsBaseUnits

Metric

Length m

Mass kg

Time s

Temp C

IfyouhoveroveravariablenameintheVariablesdialogasummarylistisdisplayedshowing

thevalueofthevariableinallapplicablestandardunits.


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9. Notethatourcalculationdoesnotincludeanyconversionfactors.

10. Savethedocumentandgiveitaname callitExercise 2 aswewishtobuildonitlaterintheguide.

WhatNext?

Congratulations!YouhavecompletedyourfirstTeddscalculation.Youcannowbeginwritingeffectivecalculations

inTeddsforWord.Therearemoregreatfeaturesthatmakesuchcalculationsevenmorepowerful,andwewill

showyoutheselater.

Rightnow

we

will

take

abrief

look

at

handling

errors

in

calculations.

ErrorsandTroubleshooting

Theproblemwithalotofguidesistheyonlyshowyoutherightwaytodothings,andthenyouhavenoideawhat

todowhensomethinggoeswrong!Let'slookatacoupleoferrorsandhowtofixthem.

1. If youhaveanerrorinyourcalculations,Teddswillinformyouwhenyoucalculateyourdocumentandtheerror

isencountered.ThefirstthingyoushoulddoisInterruptthecalculationprocess.

2. If youhavejumpedtothissectionbecauseyouhaveencounteredanerrorpreviously,thenclicktheInterrupt

buttoninthedialog(seestep10below),reviewthedetailsfromstep11onwardsandthenreturntofixthe

errorinyourcalculationsandcontinuewiththeexercise.

3. If yourpreviouscalculationswereerrorfree,thenyouwillhavehadnoneedtolookatthissection.Weshall

thereforecreatesomecalculationswhichdohaveerrorssothatwecanseehowtohandlethem.Openanew

blankdocumentforthisexample.

4. ClicktheTeddsOptions button.

5. TheOptionsdialogwillopen,clickontheCalculating/Generalpage.

TeddsunithandlingisamassivehelpTeddscomeswithahugenumberofdefinedunitsand

youcanaddmoreifneeded.

DimensionalChecking

Tedds

checks

all

dimensions

in

your

calculation

and

will

inform

you

iftheseareincorrect.Thisiswhyyoushoulduseunitsconsistentlythroughoutyourcalculations.Do

so,andyoucanhavetotalconfidencethatyourcalculationsaredimensionallycorrect.
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6. MakesurethattheoptionsabovearecheckedandthenclickOK.Wecannowproceedtocreatesome

calculationswitherrors.

7. Enterthefollowing2paragraphsastheyappearhere seeifyoucanspotanyerrorsasyoudo,butdontfix

themyet!

8. NowclicktheCalculateAllbuttontocalculatethecalculations youshouldseetheExpressionErrordialog:

9. Teddsflagsthefirsterror,andgivesyousomehelpinfixingit.

10. Whenyou

are

ready,

click

the

Interrupt

button.

Tedds

highlights

the

error

for

you

in

the

document

as

shown

below:

Oncewefixtheproblemandrecalculatethiserrormessageswillautomaticallydisappear.

11. Checktheruleaboutdelimiters(seeTheStandardVariableDefinitionExplainedonpage 29.)Thereshouldbe

asemicolonbetweentheexpressionstoseparatethem.Addthisinandrecalculatetheentiredocument.

12. NowwewillgetthenexterrorthevariableWDisnotdefined.WehavetypedWDinsteadofwDandvariable

namesarecasesensitive.

13. ClicktheInterruptbuttontostopthecalculation.

14. CorrectthevariablenameonthepagetowDandrecalculate.Thecalculationsshouldnowcompletewithno

problems.Teddsautomaticallydeletesallerrormessagesfromthepage.

WhatNow?

Whenyouhavesuccessfullycompletedthissection,youcanmoveontothenexttopic.Nowwearegoingtolookat

usingcalculationsfromtheEngineeringLibraryinTeddsforWord.

Thisisthe

specificerror

ThislineistheonethatTeddscannot

evaluate,solookheretospottheproblem.

Thisisthe button

youshould

generallyclick

This isanexplanationofthe error,

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UsingLibraryCalculationsinTeddsforWord



WhyuseLibraryCalculationsinTeddsforWord?

Wehave

shown

that

you

can

write

your

own

calculations

in

Tedds

for

Word,

but

you

can

also

use

the

Library

Calculations.Theadvantageofthisisthatyoucanaddadditionaltexttoyouroutputeasily,becauseitisalreadyin

aWorddocument.Youcanalsocombinemorethanonecalculationinadocument,addpicturesandtables

anythingyouneedtocreateapolishedreport.Andifyouneedtoupdatethecalculationsyoucandoitdirectlyin

thedocument.

Sometimes,ofcourse,youjustneedananswerrightnowandthepolishingcanwait.That'swhywehaveTeddstoo.

Withthetwomodes,youhavebothbasescovered.

Exercise3:UsingLibraryCalculationsinTeddsforWord

InthisexercisewewillusetheRCcircularcolumndesigncalculationtoshowyouhowtorunatypicalcalculation

fromthe

extensive

Engineering

Library

in

Tedds

for

Word.


DesignInformation

Usethefollowinginformationforthecalculation.

Columnstate =Braced

Lengthofcolumn =3000mm

Diameterofcolumn =300mm

Effectiveheightfactor =1.0

Concretecharacteristic

compressive

strength =

32

MPa

Reinforcementyieldstress =500MPa

Reinforcementbarsize =20mm

Fitmentsbarsize =6mm

Nominalconcretecover =30mm

Exposureclassification =A1

Designaxialload =600kN

Smallerendmoment =25kNm

Largerendmoment =60kNm

Ratioof

axial

dead

load

to

total

axial

load =

0.65


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ButtonsusedinthisExercise(TeddsforWord2002 2003)

ThenewcommandsyouwillbeintroducedtointhisexercisearelocatedontheTeddsCalcstoolbarandTedds

Formattoolbarasshownbelow:

Buttonsused

in

this

Exercise

(Tedds

for

Word

2007

2010

2013)

ThenewcommandsyouwillbeintroducedtointhisexercisearelocatedontheTeddstabasshownbelow:

UsingCalculation

Sections

in

Tedds

for

Word

Asstated,oneofthereasonsforrunninglibrarycalculationsinTeddsforWordissothatyoucancombineanumber

ofcalculationsinasingledocument.Inthiscase,eachcalculationshouldbeplacedinaseparateCalculation

Section,sowewillstartoffbyintroducingthese.FormoreinformationonthistopicseeCalculationSections

Explainedonpage 40.

1. Openanewdocument.

2. Add/InsertaNewCalcSection byclickingtheappropriatebutton.

3. Thefollowingdialogwillappear enteranameforthesection.Thiswillformthetitleforthecalculationinthe

document.

HiddenCalcs

AddNew CalcSection

CalculateCalcSection

LaunchLibraryAccessSystem

LaunchLibraryAccessSystem

CalculateCalcSection

HiddenCalcsInsertNew CalcSection


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4. ClickOKandthiswillenteraCalculationSectionTitleinthedocument.Weplaceacalculationbelowthistitle

andthuswithinthesection.Youshouldnotethatyourcursorisnowonthelinebelowthesectiontitle.

RetrievingandUsingCalculationsfromtheLibrary

AllthelibrarycalculationsareavailablefromtheLibraryAccessSystem.Torunacalculationweretrieveitfromthe

Library,place

it

in

our

document

and

calculate

it.

1. If itisnotopenalready,launchtheLibraryAccessSystem.

2. ClicktheIndexbuttoniftheindexisnotdisplayedandensureyouhavetheTeddsCalculationsindexoption

selected.

3. Toopenafolderintheindexsimplydoubleclickit.OpentheColumnsfolderthentheRCcolumndesign

(AS3600)folder.Thenselect(clickon)theRCcircularcolumndesign(AS3600)item.

4. Toplacethiscalculationinthedocument,clicktheExecutebuttoninthelibrary.(Youcanalsodoubleclickon

theselecteditemtodothis.)InbothcasesyouwillseetheInsertCalcItemdialog.

5. Thisdialogallowsyoutocontrolwheretheitemwillbeadded.SimplyclickOKandtheitemwillbepastedat

thecursorpositioninthedocument.

NotethatyoucanalsocreateaCalcSectiondirectlyfromtheInsertCalcItemdialog.

Index

button

Theindexoptionsare

availablehere


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6. Youshouldnowhavethefollowinginyourdocument.

7. WecannowclosetheLibrary thereisnoneedtohaveitopenwhileacalculationisrunning.

8. ClicktheCalculateCalcSectionbuttontostartthecalculation.

9. TheInterfaceforthecalculationwillnowbedisplayed,alongwiththeProgressLog.Youarenowin

familiarterritoryaseverythingfromthispointworksexactlyasyoulearnedinthefirstexerciseUsingTedds

(page12).

10. EntertheoptionsgivenunderDesignInformationonpage35forthefirstpageoftheinterface.Youwillbe

comfortablewithenteringinformationintheinterfacebynow,sowewon'tshoweverypageintheguide.

11. Continuetoenterthereinforcementinformationonthesecondpage.Atthispointwedontknowhowmany

longitudinalbarswillberequiredsoacceptthedefaultof6.

12. WhenyougettotheExposureclassification,notethehelpinformationavailablefortheinputdisplayedinthe

informationpane(asshownbelow).

13. Fireresistanceandanyotherdatanotspecificallyspecifiedcanbeleftatthedefaultvalue.

14. Proceedtothethirdpageandenterthedesignloads.

Notethatinformationaboutaparticularitemwillalsoappearadjacenttoyourcursorif

youhoverovertheinformationsymbolassociatedwiththatitem.

Click

the

Notes

button andbriefly

lookatthesebefore

proceeding.
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15. ClickNexttocompletetheinterfaceandthecalculationwillbeperformed.

16. Reviewthecalculationresultsummarydisplayedintheinterface.Thecurrentconfigurationisclearlynot

suitableasthereisinsufficientmomentresistingcapacity.

17. Click

Back

two

times

to

return

to

the

reinforcement

page.

Increase

the

number

of

longitudinal

bars

to

8

and

thenprogresstotheresultsummaryonceagain.Therevisedconfigurationshouldnowbeacceptable.

18. Thedropdownatthebottomofthepageallowsyoutochoosetheamountofoutputyourequire.Forthis

examplepicktheFulloption.AlsochecktheboxtoincludeasketchandthenclickFinishtoclosetheinterface

andgeneratethereport.

19. ClosetheProgressLogandexaminethecalculationsinthedocument theyareofthesameformastheones

yousawinTedds,andtheyshowyouexactlyhowtheresultshavebeendetermined.

ViewingHiddenTextinTeddsforWord

Thisparticularcalculationhasnohiddentext.Itisworthpointingoutthatsomedo,andthatthereisaslightly

differentway

of

viewing

Hidden

Text

in

Tedds

for

Word.

20. ClicktheHiddenCalcs buttontoviewthese.

21. Clickthebuttonagaintorehidetext.

RecalculatinginTeddsforWord

ThisisaccomplishedinasimilarmannertoTedds.

22. ClicktheCalculateCalcSection button.

23. Thecalculationwillnowrunagain trychangingsomeoftheinputdataintheinterface.

24. DONOTovertypevaluesonthepagepriortorecalculating thisisnotthewaytochangeinputdatawhen

usingourlibrarycalculations(asdistinctfromonesyouhavewrittenyourselfinthemannershowninthe

previoussectionoftheguide)inTeddsforWord.

Addinganothercalculationtothedocument

TostartanewcalculationinthisdocumentcreateanewCalculationSection.

25. Placeyourcursorbelowyourexistingcalculations.

26. ClicktheAddNewCalcSectionbutton.

27. Typeinanameforthenewsectionthiswillformthetitleforyournextcalculation.ClickOKtoenterthenew

section.

28. Anewcalculationshouldbeplacedbelowthistitleandthuswithinthesection.

29. Retrieveanothercalculationfromthelibraryandplaceitwithinthissection

30. Tocalculatejustonesection,weplaceourcursorwithinthesectionandusetheCalculateCalcSection

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31.

WhatNext?

Congratulations!Youhavecompletedthethirdexerciseoftheguideandlearnedallyouneedtoruncalculations

fromtheLibraryinTeddsforWord.

Youcannowsavethedocumentandreuseitasappropriate.

Inthenextsectionyouwilllearnhowyoucanmakeyourowncalculationsevenmorepowerful.

CalculationSectionsExplained

ReferbacktothesectionStoringVariablesinTeddsonpage 32.Youwillnotethatherewehave

justonelistofsavedvariables,knownasDocumentvariables,aswehavenotusedCalculation

Sections.WhenweuseCalculationSections,TeddsforWordsavesthevariablesforeach

calculationinaseparatelistuniquetoeachsection.TheseareknowsasSectionvariables.Thisensuresthatallyourinputvaluesareretainedseparatelyfromthoseforanothercalculation.

Whenyouneedtoupdateasinglecalculationwithinadocumentthatcontainsmanycalculations,

simplyplaceyourcursorwithinthatsectionandusetheCalculateCalcSectioncommand.Place

yourcursorwithinthefirstsectioninyourdocument,andclicktheVariablesbuttontoviewthe

uniquelistforthispartofthedocument.

TeddsforWordalsohascommandswhichenableyoutomanipulatethecalculationsectionsin

yourdocument.Youcandeleteacalculationsection,copyit,pasteitintoanewlocationinyour

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Exercise4:UsingMathandDatafunctionsandFormattingResults

Inthis

exercise

we

will

build

on

the

calculation

we

wrote

in

Exercise

2to

extend

its

capabilities

and

introduce

some

moreTeddsfeatures.


ThenewcommandsyouwillbeintroducedtointhisexercisearelocatedontheTeddsCalcstoolbarandTedds

Formattoolbarasshownbelow:

ButtonsusedinthisExercise(TeddsforWord2007 2010 2013)

ThenewcommandsyouwillbeintroducedtointhisexercisearelocatedontheLibraryandShow/Hidegroupsof

theTeddstabasshownbelow:

DefiningInputVariables

1. Openthedocumentyoucreatedinexercise2 Exercise 2.

2. Herearethenewcalculationswewilladdtochecktheadequacyofanactualsection:

3. Typethefirsttwoparagraphs,whicharejusttext,belowtheexistingcalculation.


Checksection;

Trya150ParallelFlangedChannel

Sectionproperties; A=2254mm2; rx=60.8mm; ry=23.9mm

Designradiusofgyration; rd=min(rx,ry)= ?cm

Actualstress; f a=N/A= ?MPa

Actualslenderness; =Le/rd= ?f1

ShowFieldCodes

LaunchEngineeringData

ShowFieldCodesLaunchEngineeringData


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4. Typethethirdparagraphandnotethatherewearedefiningthreeinputvariableswhicharepropertiesofthe

sectionwearechecking.Ensureyouseparatethetextandalltheexpressionsusingdelimiters(;)asshown.

TeddsMath

Functions

5. Nowtypethefourthparagraph.NotehowtheTeddsmathfunctionminisusedhere.

6. Nowtypethefifthparagraph thisisasimpleexpressionthatdeterminesanddisplaystheactualstressinthe

sectionandassignstheresulttothevariablefa.

ResultAccuracyandFormats

Itissufficienttodisplaytheslendernesstoonedecimalplace.Todothisweuseaformatstringtooverridethe

defaultresultsettingofthreedecimalplaces.

7. Nowtypethelastparagraphofthenewcalculationsasfollows.UsetheGreektextbuttonasyoudidonpage

31forthevariablename.

8. Thecharactersf1followingthe ?aretheformatstring.Theformatstringmustimmediatelyfollowthe ?with

nospaceinbetweenasshown.Seebelowforafullerexplanation.

9. Onceyouhavefinishedtypingthislastexpression,checkthenewparagraphscarefully.Haveyouincludedall

thedelimiters?Haveyouusedsubscriptscorrectly?Haveyouusedthecorrectcaseforvariablenamesand

units?

10. Whenyouaresatisfiedthateverythingiscorrect,clicktheCalculateAllbutton.

11. Ifyou

have

an

Error,

then

Interrupt

and

see

Errors

and

Troubleshooting

on

page 33.

Fix

any

errors

until

your

calculationworksfully.

12. Reviewyourresultsandlookatthelastparagraphtoseehowtheformatstringweusedhasoperated:

Amathfunctionisalwaysfolloweddirectlybyitsargument(s)inparenthesesasshownhere.

TherearemanymoresuchfunctionsavailableinTeddsforWord.

Forfulldetailsofthisandotherfunctions,consulttheTeddsHelpsystemtopicTeddsMathematics/

Functions,orusetheCalcWritingAidssetfromtheLibraryAccessSystem,whereallfunctionsare

completelydocumented.
http://-/?-http://-/?-


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13. ClicktheVariablesbuttontoexaminethelistofsavedvariablesandcheckthestoredvalueforthisvariable:

UsingDatafunctionsincalculations

Thecalculationaswrittenisveryuseful,butwecanenhanceitfurther.OnebigimprovementistoincludeaData

Listinthecalculation,makingthepropertiesofahugenumberoftypesandsizesofsectionsinstantlyavailable.

1. FirsteditthetwoparagraphsunderneaththeheadingCheckSection;asfollows:

2. Deletethe

following

text

for

the

section

name

Try

a150

Parallel

Flanged

Channel.

Leave

an

empty

line

here.

3. Nextdeletejustthevaluesforthepropertiesofthesection.Replacethemwitha?resultfield.Youshouldend

upwiththefollowing:

4. Finally,placeyourcursorasshownattheveryendoftheheading.

RetrievingDataListsfromtheLibrary

5. ClickthebuttontoLaunchtheTeddsEngineeringData.

6. ThisopensaspecialSetintheLibrarywherealltheDataListsandDataTablesareaccessed.Thereisalotof

datainthisset.WewishtofindaDataTablethatincludessteelpropertiessuitableforanAS4100calculation.

WewillusetheFindfacilitytohelpuslocatesuchatable.

ResultFormatStringsExplained

Youcanoverridethedefaultresultsetting,andreduceorincreasethenumberofdecimalplaces

foradisplayedresult,byusingaresultformatstringafterthe?resultfield.Forexampletyping?f2

willdisplaytheresulttotwodecimalplaces.Itisimportantthatthereisnospacebetweenthe

formatstringandthe?.Theformatstringcharacterssignifythefollowing:

f=fixedformat,and2=resulttobedisplayedto2decimalplaces(canbefrom015)

Notethatformatstringsonlycontroltheprecisionoftheresultdisplayedinthedocument,notany

resultthat

is

stored

by

Tedds.

Forfulldetailsofthisandotherresultformats,consulttheTeddsHelpsystemtopicTeddsResult

Formats/FormatStrings.

Place cursor here


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7. FirstselecttheGroupwewanttosearchinAustralianstandards.SelectEdit/Findinthelibrary,andtypeinAS

4100asshown.

8. LibraryAccessSystemfindstheAS4100groupwhichcontainsthedatalistswhichareappropriateforAS4100

design,clicktheplussigntotheleftofthisgroup.PicktheSteelsectionsdatalist(AU)itemwhichisalso

highlighted

above.

Steelsectionsdatalist(AU)

9. Nowtobringthisitemintoyourcalculation,eitherdoubleclicktheitem,orclicktheExecute

button.Youshouldfindthefollowinghasbeenenteredinyourdocument.

10. ThistextinsertedisaTeddsDataListFieldwhichlaunchesthespecifiedDataList(furtherdetailsonTedds

Fieldsare

given

below),

11. ClosethelibraryonceyouhaveretrievedtheTeddsDataListField.

12. NowclickCalculateAlltocalculatethedocumentagain.

13. TheDataListwillnowbedisplayedwhentheTeddsDataListFieldiscalculated:


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14. Selectthe150channelsectionthenclickontheDetailsbuttontoexaminethevariablesdefinedinthetable.

15. ClicktheSelectbuttontoreturnthesevariablestoyourcalculations youwillseethatthesection'sproperties

fromtheDataListreplacethe?fieldsinyourdocumentandtheTeddsFielddisplaysthechoiceyoumadein

theDataList

16. TheDataListisnowintegratedwithyourcalculation.Recalculateafewtimes,eachtimechangingyour

selectionof

channel

size

in

the

Data

List,

to

test

this.

17. ClicktheVariablesbuttonandyouwillseethatallthevariablesdefinedbytheDataListarelistedandarethus

availabletobeusedincalculations.

18. Savethecalculationatthisstage,aswewillbuildonitinthefinalexercise.

19. DataTablescanbeintegratedwithyourcalculationsinexactlythesameway.

Notethatalthoughwehaveusedexactlythesamenamesfortheradiiofgyrationinour

calculationasthosedefinedbytheDataTable,rxandrywehavedefinedtheareaasA.Inthe

DataListtheareaofthesectionisnamedAg.Ifwedontusethesamenames,thenourcalculations

willnot

integrate

correctly.

We

therefore

need

to

change

the

variable

name

in

our

calculations

(A)

to

thatheldintheDataList(Ag).Thevariableisusedtwice.


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TeddsFields

20. ClicktheFieldCodes button.

21. LookattheTeddsFieldinyourdocumentandyouwillseethefollowing:

22. ThecommandthatrunstheDataListisnowrevealed.ClicktheFieldCodesbuttonagaintoreturntothe

normalviewofthedocument.

WhatNext?

Congratulations!Youhavecompletedthefourthexerciseandlearnedeverythingyoureallyneedtowritepowerful

Teddscalculations.Maybenowwouldbethetimetohaveagoatwritingacalculationofyourown.It'sagoodidea

tostartwithsomethingsimpleandbuildonthecomplexityasyoubecomemorefamiliarwithTedds.

ThenextstepintheguideisaboutmakingTeddscalculationsstilleasiertoworkwith,andisespeciallyrelevantif

youenvisage

writing

calculations

for

others

to

use.

Even

if

your

calculations

are

for

your

own

use

you

may

find

thesefurtherfeaturesbeneficialsowerecommendthatyoureviewthem.Youmightliketoleavethisstepuntilyou

havehadagoatwritingacalculationofyourownusingwhatyouhavelearnedsofar.

TeddsFieldsExplained

TheFieldCodesbuttonenablesyoutoseeandthuseditthehiddencommandswhichareTedds

Fields.ThesecommandsrunspecialfunctionsinTeddsliketheDataLists.Wewillseesomemore

TeddsFields

shortly.

A

Tedds

Field

will

run

when

it

is

calculated,

like

any

normal

expression.

We

hidetheTeddsfield,sinceyouwouldnotwantittoappearinaprintedreport.TheFieldCodes

buttonrevealstheTeddsFields.TeddsFieldsshouldbetreatedlikeexpressions,andseparated

fromtextandotherexpressionsinthesameparagraphusingsemicolons.


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EnhancingCalculations



Thereisevenmorefunctionalityavailableforourcalculationsthanwehaveseensofar.Whetheryouusethese

enhancementsdependsbothonthepurposeofthecalculation,andonthetimeyouhaveavailable.Certainlythese

featuresareveryusefulwhenyouarewritingcalculationswhichotherswilluse(aswedoatCSC).HencetheTedds

libraryispackedwithexampleswhichusethesefeatures,andyouhavealreadyseenmanyofthemwhenrunning

ourcalculations.

Exercise5:EnhancingCalculations

Inthisexercisewewillenhancethepreviouscalculationandyouwillseewhatwearetalkingabout.


Theonly

new

command

you

will

be

introduced

to

in

this

exercise

is

located

on

the

Tedds

Calcs

toolbar

as

shown

below:

ButtonsusedinthisExercise(TeddsforWord2007 2010 2013)

TheonlynewcommandyouwillbeintroducedtointhisexerciseislocatedontheInsertgroupoftheTeddsCalcs

ribbonas

shown

below:

TeddsInputFields

TheTeddsInputFieldspeedsuptheeditingandoftenthecreatingofinputvariables.Wewillreplacealltheexisting

variabledefinitions

in

the

calculation:

1. DeletetheentiredefinitionfortheYieldstrength,fu,fromyourpage.Leaveyourcursorontheemptyline.

2. ClicktheTeddsFieldbutton.


TeddsField

TEDDS Field


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3. Thefollowingdialogwillappear.Enterthedetailsshowntodefinetheinputforthisvariable:

4. Notethatwedonotputavalueinthisdialog thisisenteredwhenthestatementiscalculated.Notethe

following:

5. Acceptthe

defaults

for

other

options

and

click

OK

when

you

have

everything

entered.

6. Thefollowingwillappearonthelinecontainingyourcursor:

7. WiththeFieldCodesbuttononyouwillseethefollowingTeddsInputFieldprecedingthetextontheline.

8. Calculateyourdocumenttorunit:

9. TheSetVariableValuedialogappears,asshownabove.

Prompt=Yieldstrength

Name=fu

Units=MPa

Defaultvalue=0

Format=Fixed

No.ofdecimalplaces=0

Prompt tellstheuserwhatthevariableisandappearsonthepage

Name theuniquenameofthevariable

Units ifthepropertyhasdimensionsthenenteraunithere

Defaultvalue thisvaluewillbedisplayedinitiallyforusertoeditoraccept

Format theformatdisplayedonthepage

No.ofdecimalplaces thenumberofdecimalplacesdisplayedonthepage


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10. Becausewealreadyhaveavaluedefinedforthisvariableitisdisplayedintheinput.Youcanacceptit,oreditit

asrequired.Thereisnoneedtofindandeditthevariablevalueonthepage,asitisautomaticallyupdated

whenyouenteravalueintheSetVariableValuedialog.

11. Deleteandreplacethe3remainingvariabledefinitionsinthesamemannerthetablebelowshowswhatyou

needto

enter

in

the

Insert

Tedds

Field

dialog

for

each

of

the

three

variables

in

order

from

left

to

right.

When

youhavedonethis,recalculateyourdocumenttoensurethatyourdefinitionsarecorrect.

.

Property

Input N Le L

Prompt Tieforce Tieeffectivelength Slendernesslimit

Name N Le L

Units kN m

Defaultvalue 300

Format fixed fixed fixed

No.

of

decimal

places 2 3 0

ToenterGreekcharactersintheInsertTeddsFielddialogforvariablenameslikesimplyclick

theGreekcharacterbutton( )andthentypeintheequivalentRomancharacter,inthiscase

youneedtotypel(i.e.lowercaseletterL)toget.

ToenterSubscriptorSuperscriptcharacterssimplyclicktheSubscriptorSuperscriptbutton( )

andthencontinueandtypeinthesubscriptorsuperscript.Onceyouhavereacheditsendclickthe

buttonagaintoswitchbacktotypingnormaltext.

TheDefaultvalueisentirelyoptional.Ifyouenteroneitwillbedisplayedthefirsttimea

calculationisrun,otherwisetheinputboxwillbeempty.Deletethestoredvariablesandre

calculateto

see

the

defaults

in

operation.

TeddsInterfaceDesigner

AlthoughTheTeddsInputFieldcanbeusedtocreateallthevariablesrequiredinacalculation,if

youwouldliketogiveyourcalculationsaslickerappearancewewouldstronglyrecommendusing

theTeddsInterfaceDesignerinstead.Thiseasytousetoolallowsyoutoplacealltheinputvariables

onasingleinterfacealongwithsketchesandnotesifrequired.Foraworkedexampleandfurther

detailsofhowtousetheTeddsInterfaceDesignerrefertotheTeddsforWordHelp.


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TeddsShowFields

Thefinalthingwewouldlikethecalculationtodoisautomaticallyassessoursectionandreportinthedocument

whetherourchosensectionispassingorfailingand,ifitisfailing,why.WeuseaTeddsShowFieldtodothis.

1. Enterthefollowingtwoparagraphsafteryourexistingcalculations:

2. Theselasttwovalueshelpusassesstheutiliationofthesectionforthetwochecks.Assigningthemtooutput

variableswillhelpuswithcreatingTeddsShowFields.Calculateyourdocumentonceyouhavewrittenthemto

ensuretheyareworkingproperlybeforeproceeding.

3. PlaceyourcursorbeneaththeseparagraphsandclicktheInsertTeddsFieldbutton.

4. SelecttheShowtab.TheShowFieldwewanttocreatewilltestwhetherthesectionisfailingstressandoutput

amessagetogivethestatusofthecheck.

5. SelecttheConditiontypeoptionandinputthefollowinginformation:

6. TheoutputoftheTeddsShowFieldconsistsoftwotextmessagesknownasoutputstrings.Onlyoneoutput

stringisdisplayedinthedocumentdependingonthestatusofthecondition.

7. Checkyourinputcarefully,thenclickOKtoentertheTeddsShowFieldinthedocument.

8. WhenyouhaveOK'dtheinput,clicktheFieldCodesbuttontoviewtheresultingTeddsShowField.Itshouldbe

asshownbelow.IfyourTeddsShowFieldisincorrect,thebestthingtodoatthisstageistodeleteitandrun

throughtheInsertTeddsFielddialogagain.


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UsingLogicInTedds

9. TakeacloselookatthisTeddsShowfield,andyoucanseehowweuseasimplelogicstatementtooutputone

oftwopiecesoftextusingtheiflogicaloperator.

if(check_stress>1,Sectionfailsstresscheck,SectionOKforstress)

Thegeneralformofthislogicexpressionisasfollows:

if(condition,true_output,false_output)

10. NowcalculateyourdocumenttocalculatetheTeddsShowField.Youshouldfindyouhavesomethingsimilarto

thefollowinginyourProgressLogandyouwillalsoseetheoutputtextonthepagewhereyouplacedthe

TeddsShowField.

11. Changesomeofyourinputvaluesandrecalculateafewtimestotestyourfullcalculationandboththepass

andfailoutputoftheTeddsShowField.

WhatNext?

Congratulations!YouhavecompletedthefinalexerciseintheguideandarereadytobeginusingTeddstoitsfull

potential.

Hereareafewthingsyoucouldtrynext:

CreateanotherTeddsShowFieldsimilartothatabovefortheslendernesscheck followingisthelogic

statementyouwoulduseforthis:

CreateaTeddsShowFieldtogivetheoverallstatusofthesection,checkingbothslendernessandstress.Try

thefollowing:

TakealookatTeddsMessageFields.TheinputfortheseisthesameasTeddsShowFieldsbuttheiroutputis

displayedinaMessagebox,ratherthaninthedocument.YouwillseeexamplesoftheiruseintheTedds

EngineeringLibraryCalculations,forexampletheRCFootingdesigncalculation.

TrycreatingMessagesusingtheValueofVariableoptiontoshowthevaluesoftheminimumareaand

radiusofgyrationintheLogbeforetheDataListisdisplayed.

Notethatyoucanusethiskindofexpressiontodefinevariablesusingacondition.The

outputscanbevalues,expressionsorfurtherlogicexpressions.Forexample:

a=if(b>c,10,20)= ?

CheckthefollowingtopicinTeddsHelpforfulldetails:

TeddsMathematics/Functions/LogicalFunctions

Condition check_slender>1

Condition and(check_stress


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Ofcoursethere'smuchmoreforyoutodiscover.Wewishyouanenjoyableandproductivetimeinusingthe

programinyourdaytodaywork,andexploringitscapabilitiesmorefully.

IfyouwouldliketoreaduponfurtherinformationaboutTedds,thenwewouldrecommendtheTeddsUsers

Guide.YouwillfindthisintheDocumentationfolderwithinthefoldertowhichyouinstalledTedds.Themanualis

inthe

electronic

.pdf

format.

The

information

in

the

manual

is

also

available

within

the

Tedds

Help

system,

which

youcanaccessintheusualway.

SomeTeddsdialogshavecontextsensitivehelp.ToseethissimplyclicktheHelpbuttoninthedialog.

Wealsoruntrainingcoursesinmostlocales,forfurtherinformationonavailabilitycontacttheTeddssupportteam

inyourregion,simplyclicktheSupporticoninanyofTeddsautomatedcalculations.

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