Physical beam table (Mat Foundation)
Used to add beams to a mat foundation for additional stiffness and load transfer.
These are referred to as "Physical" beams because you provide model input as they would physically be constructed. The program will internally decompose these physical beams in analytical entities for the model. Physical beams are created between two support nodes. As you enter two support nodes a physical beam will be created and the default beam sectional property as set in Default Properties form (Mat Foundation) is assigned. Those values can be edited as required.
Opens when is selected in the Main Navigator pane.
Note: The input unit for cross sectional property is displayed in the column heading. The length unit can be changed by selecting the Set Input/Output Units tool in the Ribbon toolbar
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After adding a beam the beam will be displayed in main view area.