When you create a new project, you can choose between a variety of structures, or design modules. The application layout is updated depending on your selection.
Building is not a structure type, but a template which facilitates defining this type of structure. Available coordinates and nodal degrees of freedom for the building are identical as for shells.
Several types of structures are available.
Plane deformation structures and axisymmetric structures assume a transversal dimension of one meter regardless of the length unit set in the Job Preferences.
The axisymmetric module allows you to define the cross section of a solid instead of modeling the whole solid. This cross section represents the intersection of a solid by a half-plane, which is defined by a rotation axis, i.e. the axis of symmetry.
axisymmetric solid
In the figure above, the global Z axis is the axis of symmetry of the solid. In the program, an auxiliary structural axis marks the position of this axis of symmetry. The X coordinate of this axis is equal to zero.
cross section
The cross section is defined on the positive side of the X axis, i.e. to the right of the axis of symmetry.
The RC Element Design and Connection Design modules allow you to build your RC structure elements and steel connectors.
The Section Definition module allows you to specify bar section definitions for solid and/or thin-walled sections.
The Parametric structure module allows you to create typical structures such as simple frame 3D structures.