IES LoadHelper User's Guide
Program Layout
The best way to learn LoadHelper is to explore the program and try things yourself. Get to know what is available under each button or menu. Also, check out the tutorial videos.
The image below introduces the program terminology used in this help file and the training videos. Hold your mouse over the screen image below for information about each area of the program.
File commands such as New, Open, Save, and Exit can be found here. Recent project files as well as the Help documentation can also be found here.
Set project specific information, such as the Company, Engineer, Project Name, and Project Number. Note that the Company and Engineer value are stored and used in future instances of LoadHelper.
These views are where you can work on the load specific information for the project. Data defined on each tab does not affect any other Load Tab within the program. In other words, each Load Tab is independent of every other Load Tab in the project.
LoadHelper can display physical quantities in a variety of unit-systems. Select the unit system to use for all the displayed values and adjust the precision (number of decimal places) using the controls in the upper right corner.
Values may be input in any unit: enter any number or math expression followed by a known unit abbreviation. Length units may be entered in the "ft-in-16ths" notation. Entered values are converted and then redisplayed in the current 'display' units.