SAP2000 SAP2000 Web Tutorial 1

11. From the Assign menu select Frame Static Loads… and then Point and Uniform… from
the submenu. This will display the Point and Uniform Span Loads dialog box.
12. In this dialog box:
Select LL from the Load Case Name drop-down box.
In the Uniform Load area, type -.12. Don’t forget the minus sign.
Click the OK button to apply the load.
13. Select roof beams 41, 42, 44, 47, 49 and 50 by clicking on them.
14. From the Assign menu select Frame Static Loads… and then Point and Uniform… from
the submenu. This will display the Point and Uniform Span Loads dialog box.
15. In this dialog box:
Select DL from the Load Case Name drop-down box.
In the Uniform Load area, type -.16.
Click the OK button to apply the load.
Note: The point load for beams 41/44 and 47/50 can either be input as a joint load, or as a
beam span load at the end of a beam. We will input it as a beam span load.
16. Select roof beams 41 and 47 by clicking on them.
17. From the Assign menu select Frame Static Loads… and then Point and Uniform… from
the submenu. This will display the Point and Uniform Span Loads dialog box.
18. In this dialog box:
Select DL from the Load Case Name
drop-down box.
In the Options area, select the Add to
Existing Loads option.
In the Point Loads area there are four sets
of Distance and Load boxes labeled 1
through 4. In the first set of boxes input 1
in the Distance box and -5.76 in the Load
box. Make sure the Relative Distance
From End I option is selected.
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