Use this option to define member groups. Access the option by clicking the first tab in the Definition dialog. The following diaplys:
The member is the basic element in steel/aluminum element calculations. In general, it is a structural element of a defined type - beam, column, bracing etc. In some cases, a member may be defined as a chain of consecutive bars entered while defining the structure model.
The dialog has the following options:
- Number - displays a bar number. It is always the next to the highest existing number. You can enter a different number but only for the newly created bars. Selection from the list or entering an already existing number will result in a redefinition of the current state of the bar parameters. If several bars are defined at the same time, the first bar will receive the number listed in the field and the following bar receives the next available number
- New - adds a new bar to the existing list
Basic data
- Bar list - use this field to enter numbers of member elements which constitute one member
- Name - use this field to enter bar names for better orientation when reviewing the results and creating the documentation
- Group - use this field to select the group to which the bar should be added during bar definition
- Member Type - use this field to select the defined member type used during member definition
- Selection - opens the dialog to select member elements which constitute one member
- Parameters - opens the Bar Definition - Parameters dialog to define code parameters of a bar (the dialog corresponds to a selected code).