SAP2000 SAP2000 Web Tutorial 1

61. Select second level beams 17 and 22 by clicking on them.
62. 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.
63. In this dialog box:
Select DL from the Load Case Name drop-down box.
In the Point Loads area type 0.5 in the first Distance box and -23.04 in the first Load box.
In the Uniform Load area, type 0.
Click the OK button to apply the load.
64. Click the Restore Previous Selection button on the side toolbar (or select Get
Previous Selection from the Select menu).
65. 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.
66. In this dialog box:
Select LL from the Load Case Name drop-down box.
In the Point Loads area type -14.4 in the first Load box.
Click the OK button to apply the load.
67. From the View menu select Set Limits…. This displays the Set limits dialog box.
68. In this dialog box click the Show All button in the Set Z-Axis Limits area and click the OK
button to change the limits such that the entire model is displayed.
69. From the Assign menu select Clear Display of Assigns to clear the display of beam span
loading. Note that the frame element labels remain because they were turned on using the
Set Elements command.
70. Click the xy 2-D View button on the main toolbar to return to a plan view. Note the the
window title is X-Y Plane @ Z=24.
71. Click the Save Model button on the main toolbar, or select Save from the File menu to
save the file.
This completes the assignment of frame static loads.
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