Member forces - data

Returns information concerning values of forces in structure members.

RSA_BAR_FORCE_DATA (Information type, Force type, Extremum type, Bar no., Case no., Division points no.)

The RSA_BAR_FORCE_DATA formula syntax has the following arguments:

Information type

The following types of information are available:

• BAR_NO

  returns a member no.

• CASE_COMPONENT_NO

  returns a number of the case component in the combination

• CASE_NO

  returns a case no.

• EXTREMUM

  returns a force value for the extremum found

• POSITION

  returns the position on the member where a selected extremum occurs

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Force type

The following types of forces are available:

• FX

  FX force

• FY

  FY force

• FZ

  FZ force

• MX

  Mx moment

• MY

  MY moment

• MZ

  MZ moment

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Extremum type

The following types of extremum are available:

• MAX

  maximum value

• MIN

  minimum value

Note: If you type an argument in the formula manually, enclose the text in quotation marks. You can also select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from.

Bar no.

The following input methods are available:

• Text - type a text (any character string) and enclose it in quotation marks, for example: "ALL" - all members in the project or "1 2 3" - specified list of members
• Number - type an integer
• Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from
• Graphical selection - select this option in the dialog or type "@" (members which are selected graphically in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional are taken into account)

Case no.

The following input methods are available:

• Text - type a text (any character string) and enclose it in quotation marks, for example: "ALL" - all cases in the project or "1 2 3" - specified list of cases
• Number - type an integer
• Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from
• Graphical selection - select this option in the dialog or type "@" (cases which are selected graphically in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional are taken into account)

Division points no.

The following input methods are available:

• Number - type an integer
• Cell address - select or type a cell address (for example A1) which the data will be loaded from

EXAMPLE

Open the RSA_FORMULAS.rtd and RSA_FORMULAS.xlsx files to get a better understanding of the example below.

Note: The files are located in C:/ProgramData/Autodesk/Examples/Results Connect/RSA.

Formula:

RSA_BAR_FORCE_ DATA ("EXTREMUM","FX","MAX",H5,19,10) - specifies a value of the FX axial force for the member with the number determined in the cell H5, for the load case number 19 and with 10 division points

Result (data):

1438981.891