Returns information concerning a selected support.
RSA_SUPPORT_DATA (Information type, Support name)
The RSA_SUPPORT_DATA formula syntax has the following arguments:
Information type
The following types of information are available:
- ALPHA
rotation angle of a support about Z axis
- AX
damping coefficient AX
- AY
damping coefficient AY
- AZ
damping coefficient AZ
- BETA
rotation angle of a support about Y axis
- BX
damping coefficient BX
- BY
damping coefficient BY
- BZ
damping coefficient BZ
- GAMMA
rotation angle of a support about X axis
- GLOBAL
fixed support in the local / global system
- HX
elastic coefficient HX
- HY
elastic coefficient HY
- HZ
elastic coefficient HZ
- KX
elastic coefficient KX
- KY
elastic coefficient KY
- KZ
elastic coefficient KZ
- LINEAR
linear support (linear distribution)
- NONLINEAR
non-linear support
- RX
fixed direction RX (0 - released, 1 - fixed)
- RY
fixed direction RY (0 - released, 1 - fixed)
- RZ
fixed direction RZ (0 - released, 1 - fixed)
- SURFACE
linear support (surface distribution)
- UX
fixed direction UX (0 - released, 1 - fixed)
- UY
fixed direction UY (0 - released, 1 - fixed)
- UZ
fixed direction UZ (0 - released, 1 - fixed)
Support name
The following input methods are available:
- Text - type a text (any character string) and enclose it in quotation marks
- 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 "@" Note: If supports are selected graphically in Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional, then the program returns information for the first support selected.
EXAMPLE
Open the RSA_FORMULAS.rtd and RSA_FORMULAS.xlsx files to get a better understanding of the example below.
Formula:
RSA_SUPPORT_DATA("UZ",H26) - determines if for the support with the name determined in the H26 cell the UZ direction is fixed
Result (data):
Fixed