Analysis Element properties
| General | |
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| Name | The automatically generated name. |
| User Name | Can be used to override the automatically generated name if required. |
| Plane | Indicates the level or frame within which the member is placed. |
| Characteristic | Analysis Element |
| Active | Clearing this option makes the Analysis Element inactive in the analysis. See: Inactive members |
| Element type |
Note: Tension only elements, Compression only
elements, and non-linear axil/torsional springs are all non-linear
elements and therefore require non-linear analysis. If linear
analysis is performed they will be treated as linear
elements.
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| Material type |
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Rotation |
Rotation of the member about its local x axis. |
| Span 1 | |
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| Grade | The material grade |
| Section properties |
For the Beam element type only, the area and inertia properties about each axis are required. For the Truss, Tension only, Compression only, and Link element types, the area Ax is required. For the spring Element types, spring properties are required. |
| Spring stiffnesses | For linear and non-linear axial and torsional springs, the spring properties are defined here. |
| Releases | |
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For the Beam element type only, the six degrees of freedom; 3 translational (Fx, Fy, Fz) and 3 rotational (Mx, My, Mz); can be set at each end. See: Beam end releases and partial fixity All other analysis element types are released in all degrees of freedom at both ends apart from axial (Fx). |
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| Load reductions | |
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KLL (Head Code ACI/AISC) |
Specify the KLL factor in accordance with Table 4-2 in ASCE 7-05/ASCE 7-10. |
| Reduce imposed loads by (All other Head Codes) |
Although the percentage of imposed load reduction is not determined automatically, this property allows you to specify the percentage manually.
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| UDA | |
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Name Finish Class Phase Note File |
A customizable list of the attributes that can be applied to individual members and panels. |