M. To check for overlapping collinear members
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On the Utilities ribbon tab, select the
Geometry Tools group.
tool in the
If no overlapping collinear members are detected, then a message dialog opens with that message.
If one or more overlapping collinear members are detected, the Overlapping Collinear Beams dialog opens.
- Select the overlapping members pair and the Highlight option to select the beam(s) in the Active View window.
- The members in the Active View window can be manipulated or deleted as necessary while the Overlapping Collinear Beams dialog is open.
An example of 2
members which would qualify as overlapping collinear are:
STAAD SPACE
UNIT FEET KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 0 10 0; 3 10 10 0; 4 10 0 0; 5 13 10 0; 6 -4 10 0;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2; 2 2 3; 3 3 4;
101 5 6
FINISH
Here, members 2 and 101 are overlapping collinear. Member 2 is
entirely confined within the span of member 101, and collinear, but they are
not attached to each other.
Another example is:
STAAD SPACE
UNIT FEET KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 0 10 0; 3 10 10 0; 4 10 0 0; 5 13 10 0; 6 -4 10 0;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2; 2 2 3; 3 3 4;
101 2 5
FINISH
Here, again, members 2 and 101 are overlapping collinear. But even
though they are connected to each other at node 2, again member 2 is entirely
confined within the span of member 101, and collinear.