SACS Tutorial

SACS Tutorial Posted by SynClaire SynClaire in  in Saturday, February 16th 2008 Topics: Civil Enineerin The e!a"ple belo#d is a si"ple tutorial to learn S$CS% Cantilever #ith properties &2'(10', the structure "odel can be seen belo#% Per)or" a *C "e"ber detail and "o"ent diara" usin S$CS prora"+

1. CREATE NEW MODEL

nteractive -odel . -odel . Create /e# -odel -ode l .  

 /e# Structure . /one .  

2. CREATE JOINT

oint . $dd . $bsolute . nput 34oint /a"e 5 1, ! 5 0, y 5 0,  5 0, )i!ity 5 1111117 1111117

oint . $dd . elative . nput 3 4oint na"e 5 2, ! 5 10, y 5 0,  5 0, )i!ity 5 leave blan9, re)erence 4oint 5 17

3. CREATE MEMBER 

-e"ber . $dd . nput 34oint 1 5 1, 4oint 2 5 2 , roup label 5 &F7% /ote : you can clic9 the  4oint to chose 4oint "e"ber%

4. DEFINE SECTION PROPERTIES

Property . -e"ber roup . ;e)ine 3select roup &F7

Clic9 button on section label 3the blan9 button near the section label7

Select &2'(10' 3on the section list7

5. DEFINE LOAD


-e"ber
-e"ber ;istributed . nput 3load type 5 )orce, coordinate syste" 5 lobal, direction 5 , inital value 5 =10, distance to beinnin 5 0, load lenth 5 leave blan9, load ; 5 ;<7

Su" o) Forces eport . Save

. SA!E FILE

File . Save $s . Chec9
File /a"e For"at )or S$CS : S$C/P% 3e!"p : S$C/P%C$/TE7 Clic9  

". R#N FILE

Clic9 un File &iard . Choose Stati9 3to per)or" stati9 analysis7 . Start &iard . Choose S$CS nput )ile 3S$C/P%C$/TE7

Clic9 Ele"ent Chec9 . Chec9
Clic9 un

$. RES#LT

Clic9 PS>;? to vie# Postvue 3ES*
To vie# diara" "o"ent : -e"ber . -o"ent ;iara" . Clic9 on "e"ber 3you #ant to chec97 . Clic9 $pply

@ou can see Shear ;iara" and -o"ent ;iara"

To vie# "e"ber -$A *C : ;isplay . labelin . Select -e"ber . Chec9 < ist -a! Co"bined

@ou can see -e"ber *C >alue 3*C 5 0%B67