SAP2000 SAP2000 Web Tutorial 1

13. Click the Set Intersecting Line Select Mode button again and select the top level columns.
14. Click the Down One Gridline button on the main toolbar to display the elevation at Y=-
24. Note the window title changes to X-Z Plane @ Y=-24.
15. Use the Intersecting Line mode to select the six column elements in this elevation. There
should now be a total of 18 frame elements selected. You can confirm this by looking on the
left-hand side of the status bar at the bottom of the SAP2000 window.
16. From the Assign menu choose Group Name…. This will display the Assign Group dialog
box.
17. In this dialog box:
• Type COLS in the edit box at the top of the Groups area.
• Click the Add New Group Name button to define a group named COLS.
• Click the OK button to assign the selected elements to the group named COLS.
18. Now we will assign the moment frame columns to a group. Click on the left-hand column
and the center column (4 elements total) to select them.
19. Click the Up One Gridline button on the main toolbar twice to display the elevation at
Y=24. Note the window title changes to X-Z Plane @ Y=24.
20. Click on the right-hand column and the center column (4 elements total) to select them.
There should now be eight frame elements selected.
21. From the Assign menu choose Group Name…. This will display the Assign Group dialog
box.
22. In this dialog box:
• Type FRCOLS in the edit box at the top of the Groups area.
• Click the Add New Group Name button to define a group named FRCOLS.
• Click the OK button to assign the selected elements to the group named FRCOLS.
23. Now we will assign the braced frame columns to a group. Click on the yz button on the
main toolbar to view an elevation in the Y-Z plane. If necessary, click the Up One
Gridline button on the main toolbar until the title of the window is Y-Z Plane @ X=24.
24. Click on the four column elements at the braced frame to select them.
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