View Options

In the concrete gravity analysis mode there are several other useful display options under the view menu. Take the time to select the various menu options to view different model data or adjust your view of the model. Two menu options are particularly relevant to the Concrete Gravity Analysis mode, namely the command for viewing Beam Lines and for viewing Gravity Loads.

View Beam Lines

To view the currently assigned Beam Line Numbers:

Select View > Beam Lines.

The View Beam Line window will be displayed.

Select 3rd from the Story drop down box.
Select the beam line numbers whose beams you want to highlight.
If the Show Beam Line Numbers check box is checked, the beam line number will also be displayed on screen for the selected beam line/s.
Click [Apply].

View Gravity Loads

To view all the member line and point loads that were applied by the user and also calculated by the program:

Select View > Gravity Loads.
Select one of the gravity load types that you would like to view.
Click [Apply].

Note: Depending on the current view and the selected load to display the screen could be extremely cluttered. It may be desirable to view the gravity loads in elevation view and/or with the extruded shape setting removed (i.e. in low resolution drawing mode).

More complete gravity load information can be obtained in report form. Select the Reports - Load Diagram command to obtain beam gravity loads.