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Building
Features Available in MBS Processed Buildings
The degree to which MBS processes building features is placed
in
two categories:
PASS THROUGH:
Enter building input and the program fully processes all parts
of the building without additional effort by the user.
SEMI-PASS THROUGH:
Same as "Pass Through" only the user edits one or more input files
and runs the output files to obtain the complete output.
Examples with step-by-step instructions are provided for these
cases.
In both these categories, there is no hand, text, or electronic
drafting or editing of the program output generated by MBS.
The output can be printed or plotted without bringing it into
AutoCAD™ or similar programs.
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I.
Features used by MBMA to set Building Complexity
The complexity rating starts with a standard building.
Each higher complexity building includes additional building features.
The added building features along with the degree they are handled
by MBS are listed below. |
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Type 1 - Standard Building
[Fully Processed by MBS]
A Standard Building is a four (4) sided structure with all four
sides solid sheeted. It must have a standard load, width, and eave
height as shown in the Price Book. All doors, windows, and accessories
are to be field located. Standard buildings can have liner panels
to the 7'4" girt at door head level. Lean-to's with solid sheeting
on three sides, attached to an existing structure, are also considered
standard. The above buildings can have expandable or non-expandable
endwalls.
Type 2 - Modified Standard Building
[Features Fully Processed
by MBS]
- Canopy at eave on sidewall only (one or both sidewalls)
- Two bay buildings
- Endwall roof overhang
- Standard building with standard lean-to attached
- Buildings partially open for masonry and glass
- Open endwall, supported by others; open rigid frame endwall
or open post and beam non-expandable endwall
- Liner panels - any non-standard height in walls
- Unbraced columns
- Alternating colors on walls
[Currently under development]
- Standard facades across one end wall and at least one full bay
down each sidewall
(Facade cannot be on canopy or endwall overhang)
[Available in 2000]
- Transverse partitions and draft curtains at frame lines
Type 4 & 5 - Modified Building
[Features Fully Processed
by MBS]
- Combination of different standard bay lengths
- Canopy below eave height
- Special eave heights
- Portal frames or wind bents
- Flush concealed rafter canopy
- Standard building with crane
- One bay buildings
- Shop located accessories
- Standard building with special endwall bay spacing
[Currently under development]
- Transverse partitions or draft curtains away from frame lines
and longitudinal partitions or draft curtains
- Columnless endwalls with sheeted gables
Type 6 & 7 - Special Buildings
[Features Fully Processed by MBS]
- Special pitch - not shown as standard in price book
and engineering manual
- Non-standard bay spacings
- Special widths
- Drop in eave heights
- Unsymmetrical buildings
- Portal frames on buildings with canopies on same side
- Lean-to buildings with portal frames on same side
- Bays requiring bar joist for purlins
- Preparation of members for attachment of framework by others
- Straight column rigid frame buildings
- Jack beams - Endwall lean-to's and/or endwall canopies
- Building governed by architect's specifications and/or drawings
- Special slide doors
[Available in 2000]
- Canopies with façade
- Canopies around corner
- Special height facades
- Facades on buildings with portal frames on same side
- Facades on either open endwalls or endwalls with sheeted gables
[Currently under development]
- Parapet walls
- Hangar door endwalls
Type 8, 9 & 10 - Extra Special Buildings
[Features Fully Processed
by MBS]
- Building requiring step columns for cranes
- Buildings with gambrel roofs
- Jack beams in the sidewall
- Bulk storage buildings
[Available in 2000]
- Mezzanines supplied by manufacturer
[These features are not on the current MBS schedule]
- Skewed walls
- Hipp roofs
- Monitor, penthouse or clerestory |
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II.
Additional Building Features Available in MBS
The MBMA building features used to measure building complexity
are a starting point in measuring software needs. As the building
market changes, the software needs to adapt to the market. |
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MBS
"PASS-THROUGH" FEATURES
- Multiple canopies at eave on sidewalls
- Open endwall, supported by others; open rigid frame endwall or
open post and beam non-expandable endwall
- Liner panels - any non-standard height in walls
- Multiple canopies below eave, on sidewall and endwall
- Standard building with crane
- Compression struts in roof
- Bolted connections for compression struts, eave struts, and purlins
- Building cross sections with up to 14 surfaces
- Partial walls with a user selected member at the base of wall
- Multiple levels of partial wall for each wall
- Each building can have up to 6 different rigid frames
- Each rigid frame can be unsymmetrical and have up to 20 unsymmetrically
located columns and up to 60 member depths
- Endwall frames can be made from any combination of these members:
C section, double C section, hot rolled wide flange, hot rolled
C section, or welded plate wide flange
- Detail and draw insulation, with cut diagrams
- Design and fully detail standing seam roofs |
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