SAP2000 SAP2000 Web Tutorial 1

• Type 1 in the Relative Distance edit box.
• Click the Add button to add a PMM hinge at the J-end (relative distance equals 1) end of
the beam.
• Click the OK button to assign the hinge properties. The model now appears as shown in
Figure D-1.
Figure D-1: Model After Assigning Default-PMM Hinges To Columns
Note: Generated hinge properties have an automatic naming convention of LabelH#, where
Label is the frame element label, H stands for hinge, and # represents the hinge number.
The program starts with hinge number 1 and increments the hinge number by one for
each consecutive hinge applied to the frame element. For example if a frame element
label is F23, the generated hinge property name for the second hinge applied to the
frame element is F23H2. These are the numbers shown on the screen. The item in
parenthesis next to the hinge number is the defined hinge that the generated properties
are based on. On the screen the Default-P, Default-V2, Default-V3, and Default-PMM
are shortened to P, V2, V3 and PMM.
8. From the Select menu choose Select, and then Groups… from the submenu. This will
display the Select Groups dialog box.
9. Highlight the group named FRMGIRD by clicking on it and click the OK button.
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