Steel member design: Flags

These can give a quick indication of what has happened in the member’s check.

The flags that can be set are:

Flag Name	Comments
NOTIFY
WARNING	causes NOTIFY to be set
FAIL	causes WARNING to be set
NOT CHECKED	causes WARNING to be set
FAIL LOCAL	cause FAIL to be set
FAIL BUCKLE
FAIL BUCKLE LAT_TORS
FAIL BUCKLE AXIAL MAJOR
FAIL BUCKLE AXIAL MINOR
FAIL LOCAL AXIAL
FAIL LOCAL BENDING MAJOR
FAIL LOCAL BENDING MINOR
FAIL LOCAL SHEAR MAJOR
FAIL LOCAL SHEAR MINOR
FAIL LOCAL TORSION
INFO LOCAL SLENDER	cause NOTIFY to be set
INFO LOCAL SLENDER WEB
INFO LOCAL SLENDER FLANGE
INFO MEMBER SLENDER	causes WARNING to be set

By necessity, the structure of member results is not design code specific.