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SectionDesignerFAQ
AddedbyOndrejKalny,lasteditedbyJessicaNapieronApr07,2014
Thispageisdevotedtofrequentlyaskedquestions(FAQ)relatedtotheSectionDesigner.
Onthispage:
Modeling
HowdoImodelahollowsection?
Design
WhydoesnothinghappenwhenIlaunchdesignforabuiltup(Ishaped)steelsection?
Compositeresponse
CanIchecktheconcretestressforasteelgirderandconcreteslabcompositesection?
ConfinedRCsections
HowareconfinedreinforcedconcretesectionsmodeledintheSectionDesigner?
Timedependentproperties
Howaretimedependentpropertiesconsideredinsectionsoftwoormorematerials?
Import/Export
CanIexportsectiondesignersectionstoadifferentmodel?
Modeling
HowdoImodelahollowsection?
Answer:Tocreateanopeningwithinasection,draw(overtheshapewhichrepresentsthesectionboundary)ashapewhich
representstheopening.Rightclickthisshape,thenchangethematerialtypetoOpening.
Design
WhydoesnothinghappenwhenIlaunchdesignforabuiltup(Ishaped)steelsection?
Answer:TodesignabuiltupsteelframesectionwithintheSectionDesigner,thesectionshouldbedefinedasaUserDefined
IorasaUserDefinedBoxSection,andnotasaSectionDesignerSection.
Compositeresponse
CanIchecktheconcretestressforasteelgirderandconcreteslabcompositesection?
Answer:Stresseslocaltoindividualobjectswithinacompositesectionmaybecheckedusingpostprocessingmethods
outsideoftheSectionDesigner.Whenanalyzingcompositesections,theSectionDesignertransformstheentiresectioninto
thebasematerialspecifiedontheSectionDataform.Stressesmayberesolvedmanuallyoncecompositesectionforcesare
obtained.
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ConfinedRCsections
HowareconfinedreinforcedconcretesectionsmodeledintheSectionDesigner?
Answer:OncethesectionisdefinedintheSectionDesigner,rightclickonthesection,thenselecttheconfinedconcrete
model,asshowninFigure1.Longitudinalandtransversebarsizeandlayoutmaythenbespecified.
Figure1Confinedconcretesections
Timedependentproperties
Howaretimedependentpropertiesconsideredinsectionsoftwoormorematerials?
Answer:ForsectionsmodeledusingtheSectionDesigner,creepandshrinkageeffectsarecalculatedasthoughtheentire
(transformed)sectioniscomposedofthebasematerialspecifiedduringsectiondefinition.
Pleasenotethattimedependenteffectsforcompositesectionsmaybeevaluatedcorrectlybyexplicitlymodelingthedifferent
partsofacompositesection,thenbyassigningtheappropriatematerialproperties.Thesemodelingentities,suchasframe
gridersandshellslabs,maythenbeconnectedusingbodyconstraints,rigidlinks,oranothermeansthatachievescomposite
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behavior.
Import/Export
CanIexportsectiondesignersectionstoadifferentmodel?
Answer:Yes,thisisaccomplishedthroughexportandimportoftheSectionDesignerdatabasetables.Theprocessisas
follows:
ExporttheMaterialProperties,FrameSectionProperties,andSectionDesignerPropertiestablesbyselectingFile>
Export>SAP2000.s2kTextFile,asshowninFigure2.
Opentheothermodel,thenimportthepreviouslyexportedtablesbyselectingFile>Import.
Figure2Exportpropertiestables
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