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Step 3: Viewing Generated Hinge Properties (Pushover)<br />
This section will demonstrate the process to view generated hinge properties. This step can be<br />
skipped if you do not want to view generated hinge properties.<br />
1. Click in the window labeled 3-D View to make sure it is active. Note when the window is<br />
active, its title bar will be highlighted.<br />
2. Click the Set Elements button on the main toolbar (or select Set Elements… from the<br />
View menu). This displays the Set Elements Dialog box.<br />
3. In this dialog box check the Rel / Hinge box in the Frames area and click the OK button.<br />
This will turn the display of hinges on.<br />
4. Note that the hinge at the top of column element 1 is labeled 1H2. (Column element 1 is a<br />
lower level column located at X=-24 ft, Y=-24 ft.) We will view the properties for this PMM<br />
hinge.<br />
Note: In the hinge label 1H2, the 1 indicates the hinge is applied to frame element 1, the<br />
H indicates it is a pushover hinge, and the 2 indicates it is the second hinge applied to<br />
that frame element. This is an automatic naming convention used by the program for<br />
generated hinges.<br />
5. From the Define menu choose Hinge Properties…. This will display the Define Frame<br />
Hinge Properties dialog box.<br />
6. Check the Show Generated Props check box. The generated hinge properties now appear in<br />
the Defined Hinge props list box.<br />
7. In the All Hinge Props area, click on the hinge labeled 1H2 to highlight it and then click the<br />
Modify/Show Property button. This will display the Frame Hinge Property Data dialog<br />
box.<br />
8. Note that since this is a default PMM hinge, the P-M2-M3 box is checked, but it is gray and<br />
inactive. The program also automatically checks the Axial P, Moment M2 and Moment M3<br />
boxes. All of these boxes are gray and inactive since the user can only view generated hinge<br />
properties not change them.<br />
9. Click the Modify/Show For PMM button to display the Frame Hinge Property Data For<br />
1H2 dialog box (see Figure D-2).<br />
10. In this dialog box:<br />
• You can not edit any of the values because this is a generated hinge.<br />
• The spreadsheet is filled with M/M Y and θ/θ Y values.<br />
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