Tendon tables

The input window for one tendon consists of two tables: the upper one for the definition of the tendon actions and the lower one for the geometric definition of the tendons.

Setting

Description

Stress label

Name of the stress label, describing a series of tendon actions for one or several tendons (used for the action STRESS in RM).

upper table

Table for the definition of the tendon actions

Column Label	Description
Action	Type of the tendon action: STRESS WEDGESLIP RELEASE
Value	Corresponding value to the selected action. STRESS – Fact from SIGmax (See RM Bridge help for more information.) WEDGESLIP – Wedgeslip in m RELEASE – Fact from SIGmax (See RM Bridge help for more information.)
L/R	Selection of the side the action is applied on (left or right).

Num

Individual tendon number. For the final tendon number the start offset will be added. The actual tendon number is displayed at the end of the line.

Tendons

Individual tendon number. For the final tendon number the start offset will be added. The actual tendon number is displayed at the end of the line.

lower table

Table for the geometric definition of the tendons.

Column Label	Description
Point	Tendon point name, which gives the current position of the tendon in the cross section of the corresponding element.
rlpos x/l	"Related position" – position of the tendon in the element in longitudinal direction, defined as a proportion of the element length (x/l).
alpha1	Angular constraint in the x/y plane relative to the reference element orientation. No input will set it to free (i.e., deflection is calculated by the program).
alpha2	Angular constraint in the x/z plane relative to the reference element orientation. No input will set it to free (i.e., deflection is calculated by the program).

Keyboard & Mouse Actions

Input	Description
Left-click	Selects a tendon, which is then marked by an asterisk in the top right corner of the tendon.
Double-click	Allows you to edit a record in the list or modify it.
`<Ctrl>`+Left-click or `<Space>`	Marks the current item as selected.
`<Shift>`+Left-click	Marks all items from the last item selected before up to the current one.
`<Shift>`+Right-click	Inverts mark of all items from the last item selected before up to the current one.
Right-click	Opens the pop-up menu with actions to perform block operations.

Pop-up Menu

Right-click to select one of the following actions:

Menu item	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
Edit	Opens the Edit dialog, which is used to edit the values in the current selection.	`<Enter>`
Copy All	Copies whole selected table into clipboard.	`<Ctrl+A>`
Copy	Copies marked items into clipboard.	`<Ctrl+C>`
Cut	Cuts marked items and placed them onto the clipboard.	`<Ctrl+X>`
Paste to selected	Pastes clipboard from the currently selected item downwards (overwrites the contents).	`<Ctrl+V>`
Insert to selected	Inserts clipboard before the currently selected item.
Insert empty line	Inserts an empty line.
Delete	Deletes the marked or currently selected item(s) (overwrites with blanks).	`<Ctrl+D>`
Delete line (shift upwards)	Deletes the selected line and shifts all lines below upwards.
Delete line (shift downwards)	Deletes the selected line and shifts all lines above downwards.
Unmark marked	Unmark all marked lines.
Mirror marked	Copies marked items mirrored into clipboard (can be pasted then).
Mirror marked to selected	Copies marked items mirrored into clipboard and pastes them from the currently selected item downwards.