SAP2000 SAP2000 Web Tutorial 1

8. Click the Element Force/Stress Contours for Shells button , (or select Show Element
Forces/Stresses from the Display menu and then select Shells… from the submenu). The
Element Force Stress/Contours for Shells dialog box appears.
9. In this dialog box:
• Select the EQX Load Case from the Load drop-down box.
• Select the Forces option button.
• Select the F12 component by checking its box.
• Accept the rest of the default values.
• Click the OK button to display the shell element forces.
10. Suppose we now want to see the Y-direction force transferred from the roof diaphragm to
joints 19, 23, 26 and 27 in static load case EQY. To do this we will use the Group Joint
Force Sum feature. Click in the window labeled X-Y Plane @ Z=12 to make sure it is active.
Note when the window is active, its title bar will be highlighted.
11. Click the Up One Gridline button on the main toolbar to display the roof level plan at
Z=24.
12. Click the Set Elements button on the main toolbar (or select Set Elements… from the
View menu). This displays the Set Elements Dialog box.
13. In this dialog box check the Labels box in the Joints area, uncheck the Hide box in the Shells
area if it is checked, check the Labels box in the Shells area and click the OK button. This
will turn on the display of joint labels and shell labels.
14. Click on joints 19, 23, 26 and 27 and on shells 2, 4 and 6.
15. From the Assign menu choose Group Name…. This will display the Assign Group dialog
box.
16. In this dialog box:
• Type ROOFSHR in the edit box at the top of the Groups area.
• Click the Add New Group Name button to define a group named ROOFSHR.
• Click the OK button to assign the selected elements to the group named ROOFSHR.
17. From the Display menu select Set Output Table Mode… to display the Select Output
dialog box.
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