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Modelling a frame
Grid lines and stories, members, sections and materials, supports, releases, rigid links and diaphragms, and plates.
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Modelling a frame in ILX Structures.
Grid lines and stories
Start with grid lines and story levels. The pointer snaps to their intersections, so columns and beams land where they belong.
Members
With the member tool, click the two ends of each column and beam. Copy, mirror and array repeat whole frames, and undo takes back any step.
Sections and materials
Select members and give them a material and a section. The section list is the full AISC shape database: type to search. Turn on extruded sections to see the real shapes.
Supports and releases
The support tool fixes or pins the base, or restrains any combination of directions, with springs where you need them. End releases make simple connections.
Rigid links and diaphragms
Rigid links tie nodes together, and a rigid diaphragm makes a floor move as one piece in its own plane. Member offsets, soil springs and prestress are in the same place.
Plates
Slabs and walls are plates. Draw one with the plate tool, give it a thickness and a material, and it is meshed to work together with the frame.
Check the model
Before you run it, Check model finds loose nodes, missing sections and anything that would make the structure unstable.
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