
Properties
(Section) dialog box
Click in the
Properties dialog box and enter the following: Enter the section
properties by entry types.
Select the section to be modified
from the list in the Section dialog box and click
to modify the related data.
Select the section to be deleted
from the list in the Section dialog box and click .
Select the section to be copied
from the list in the Section dialog box and click .
Click and
select the MCB file containing the section data or specify a file
name then click .
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Select the section property numbers
to be renumbered from the list in the Properties dialog box and
modify the related data followed by clicking .
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Section Data
Dialog
Section ID
Section number (Auto-set to
the last section number +1)
Note
Up to 999999 Section
ID's can be assigned.
Name
Section name (Sect. Name
by default if not specified)
Offset
Display the section Offset currently
set. Location of the Centroid of a section is set as default.
Click to
specify a section Offset away from the Centroid. Use
Hidden to verify the input.
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Consider Shear Deformation
Select whether to consider shear
deformation. This option will be applicable for structural analysis,
but will not affect the effective shear areas that appear by clicking
.
Section Properties
Click to display
the section property data. The section property data table is
either calculated from the main dimensions or obtained from the
DB depending on the method of data entry. [Details]
Note
1
All the above section
property data except for Area and Peri are required for beam elements.
Note
2
The shear deformations
are neglected if the effective shear areas are not specified.
Cyp, Cym, Czp and Czm are used to calculate the bending stresses.
Qyb and Qzb are used to calculate the shear stresses. Peri is
used to calculate the Painting Area.
Note
3
Zyy and Zzz are
used to calculate the strength for pushover analysis when Value
Type Steel Section has been assigned Design > Pushover Analysis
> Define Hinge Properties.
Note
4 Element
Stiffness data
Sections can be
defined by the stiffness data entries even if the section dimensions
(H, B1, ... , etc.) are not entered.
Note
5
Determining the
positions of y1~4, z1~4 of a section imported from SPC [Details]
Section Type

Section -
DB/User dialog box

Section -
Value dialog box

Section -
SRC dialog box

Section -
Combined dialog box

Section - Tapered
dialog box

Section - Composite
dialog box
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