def constructability_column(self):
"""
This method is used to update the column member size by considering the constructability (ease of construction).
:return: update the column sizes stored in self.member_size
"""
# Make a copy of the member size
temp_size = copy.deepcopy(self.member_size)
# Update column sizes based on the sorted Ix
member_list = ['interior column', 'exterior column']
for mem in member_list:
self.construction_size[mem] = constructability_helper(temp_size[mem], IDENTICAL_SIZE_PER_STORY,
self.geometry['number of story'], 'Ix')
def constructability_beam(self):
"""
This method is used to update the beam member size by considering the constructability (ease of construction).
:return: update the beam sizes stored in self.member_size['beam']
"""
# Make a deep copy of the member sizes and stored them in a new dictionary named construction_size
# Use deep copy to avoid changing the variables stored in member size
temp_size = copy.deepcopy(self.member_size)
# Update beam size (beam size is updated based on descending order of Zx)
self.construction_size['beam'] = constructability_helper(temp_size['beam'], IDENTICAL_SIZE_PER_STORY,
self.geometry['number of story'], 'Ix')
# Column sizes here have not been updated (just directly copy)
self.construction_size['interior column'] = temp_size['interior column']
self.construction_size['exterior column'] = temp_size['exterior column']