M. To check for overlapping collinear members
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.