Definitions for "Secondary Framing"
Keywords:  girts, purlins, struts, eave, flange
Members which carry loads to the primary framing. In metal buildings this term includes purlins, girts, eave struts, flange braces, etc.
Members designed to transfer loads imposed on the building surface to the main frames. Examples would include purlins, girts, flange, braces, headers, jambs, and other miscellaneous framing.
Members, such as girts and purlins, that carry loads from the surface to the main framing of a steel building system.