Click the 'Loads' button on the toolbar to create a new load
Click the 'Loads' button on the toolbar to create a new load
Click the 'Loads' button on the toolbar to create a new load ΔT0: positive temperature expands, negative shrinks ΔT1 = Tbottom – Ttop. Positive gradient = bottom is warmer (and vice versa) (Bottom = dashed line along each beam)
Sections
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Press Sections from the Toolbar to insert a new section
Nodes
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Nodes are automatically created as you draw a new beam
Imposed displacements
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Imposed displacements can be applied only in directions where supports provide restraints
Beams
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Drawing a new beam will automatically add it to this table
Edit section
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Click the blue label to toggle the notation
Remove loads?
Deleting a load case %% also removes all associated loads.
New section
Insert or replace section?
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Overwrite file?
File '%%' will be replaced by the current project '%%'
Delete file?
File '%%' will be deleted
Hinge insert/remove
On a beam
On all selected beams
Can also be set in the Beam Table
Set displacement
Imposed displacement
Settlements and imposed displacement can be placed on supports/constraints