Beams from Input to Auto Shear Load ( Home & Modeling & Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

  • Lists beams in the model that have user-entered shear loads on at least one of their ends. Select on the list those beams that you want to have auto shear loads.
  • On the edit windows of the beams you selected to be changed, you will find that the " Shear load " for each end is set to " Auto ."
  • An " Auto " shear load is calculated based on the percent of uniform allowable load or maximum web shear entered to " Beam design reaction " in Design Settings. The magnitude of a shear load affects the size and strength of the connection on that end of the beam.

Also see :

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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Do any of the following to invoke Beams from Input to Auto Shear Load :

Method 1 : Home > Utilities > Utility Functions > Change Options > Beams from Input to Auto Shear Load .

Method 2 : Click the Beams from Input to Auto Shear Load icon, which is pictured above. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Edit -- Change Options ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 3 : If the " Modeling layout style " or " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Edit > Change Options > Beams from Input to Auto Shear Load .

Method 4, 5 & 6 : Beams from Input to Auto Shear Load can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

2 . After you invoke this Change option, a selection dialog opens. On it is a list of beams with a " Shear load " that has been entered by the user. You cannot perform this operation on beams that have their " Model complete date " set or whose edit windows are set to " Lock end ." Such beams do not appear on the list. Each beam is listed by its member number [num] and piecemark.

[15] B_14
[57] B_53
[69] B_71
 
When you press " OK ," the shear loads of the selected beams will all be set to " Auto ."

2a (optional) : Note that a " Print " button is available on this selection dialog so that you can print the list of beams with user-input shear loads if you like. To list all beams with user-input shear loads, you can " Show All ."

2b : Select the beam(s) on whose edit windows you want " Auto " selected as the " Shear load ," then press " OK ."

3 . " Auto " is selected as the left/right " Shear load " on the edit window(s) of all the beam(s) you selected in step 1. The beams are marked for Process and Create Solids .

Note: The next time you Process & Create Solids , the shear load is recalculated and the connections are redesigned on the ends of the beam(s) so that they stand up to the newly calculated load.

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