M. To create a general section
To create a user provided table section with a general profile, use the following steps.
You may want to change the input dimensions prior to creating user provided table sections. Select
to do so.-
On the
Specification ribbon tab, select the
tool in the
Beam Profiles group.
If no User Defined Table exists, you will be prompted to create one.
The User Table Manager dialog opens. - Click New Table. The New User Table dialog opens.
- In the Select Section Type list, select GENERAL and then click OK. The dialog closes and the Select Existing Table list in the User Table Manager dialog now has at least one entry.
-
Click
Add.
The General dialog opens.
- Type a Section Name.
-
Either:
Type the section properties if these are available in the corresponding fields
または
Set the Define Profile Polygon and enter in Z,Y coordinates of the section apexes.
The following is an example cross section, with corresponding Z,Y coordinates which can be copy/pasted directly into the table.
- (オプション)
If you entered in section corner coordinates, click
Compute Section Properties
The section properties are calculated and the fields are updated. The coordinates are also updated from an arbitrary origin to the an origin at the center of gravity of the cross section.
- (オプション) If you want to have section stress calculated, enter Y,Z coordinates in the Stress locations in local coordinates
- Click OK. The section is added to the list in the Create User Property Table dialog.
- (オプション) Repeat steps 4 through 9 to add more General sections.
- Click Close.
The section can now be added for use in the Properties - Whole Structure dialog by selecting it in the User Property Table dialog.
Example
The example given in 6 above creates the following lines in a STAAD input file:
… TABLE 1 UNIT INCHES KIP GENERAL General1 152 16 0 20 0 3395.93 4520.67 638.828 332.591 452.067 83.3308 - 46.3944 760 625.529 95637.5 16 PROFILE_POINTS -10 5.78947 -10 1.78947 -6.5 1.78947 -6.5 -10.2105 -3.5 -10.2105 -3.5 1.78947 3.5 1.78947 - 3.5 -10.2105 6.5 -10.2105 6.5 1.78947 10 1.78947 10 5.78947 STRESS_LOCATIONS -10 5.78947 10 5.78947 -6.5 -10.2105 6.5 -10.2105 END …