I think this was previously discussed for other reasons but for a long long time we have always just left the hanger sizing cases and +H in the load cases so you don't have to use a different set of load cases if you add a spring or delete a spring. The hanger sizing and +H has no impact on a calc without a spring.

The only glitch is that for the older CII versions (I am still using CII 2014 since I been on this current project for over 5 years) is the output animation sequence was offset be 2 load cases, i.e., if you animate case 5 it is actually case 3. This may be OK on more current versions. I have only used the newer versions helping peers troubleshoot issues.


Edited by Bob Zimmerman (06/20/19 02:06 PM)
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Bob Zimmerman, P.E.
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