#356 636 Steel Frame Ceilings and Floors don't have framing

[Bruce Wilcox]

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Steel framed walls work OK.  Steel framed floors and ceilings generate a construction with no framing, just insulated cavity.  This computes a U in CBECCr, runs fine in CSE and generates results and reports.  The problem is that the steel frame U is incorrectly lower than the comparable wood frame U and  compliance results show a credit rather than the penalty that would be generated if the steel framing was included.

Steel Frame Ceilings and Floor should be made unavailable until the algorithms are fixed.

[Scott Criswell]

Originally posted by: scriswel... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Steel Framed floors & ceilings removed from CBECC-Res 2013 ver 3 (646) - 8/22/14 PM

These options were removed w/ no backward compatibility adjustment, so that users would be alerted to the issue.  Here is what the project log shows in a model w/ steel framed floors and/or ceilings is pulled into the new version:

2014-Aug-22 12:21:12 -    ERROR - reading file: Cons 'Ext [r19] Floor' property Type  =  Steel Framed Floor
2014-Aug-22 12:21:12 -    ERROR - reading file: Cons '[r38] Ceiling below attic' property Type  =  Steel Framed Ceiling

In both cases, the Cons:Type re-defaults to wood-framed.

Status: Fixed