Select the structure wizard,

then multi-
multi-bay/storey option

Select :
10m for L;
8m for W &
4.2m for H

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Select :
Generate
Generate
then 9 extra
values
(incl.
present
one!) for an
11-
11-storey
frame

Select :
Columns
Columns
then
change
Group
Group to
UC
UCs

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 Select :
150UC30
150UC30
for
columns
then press
OK
OK

Note that
frame
member
colours
distinguish
section
properties
(columns diff.
to beams).

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Use left button to
click onto
onto the
beam on the top-
top-
storey (now
highlighted) then
click right button
to expose drop-
drop-
down menu and
select member
concentrated
loads
loads

Enter a 1 for
Load case 1
then click
onto OK
OK

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Select -10kN in the z-direction
direction and 25%
then click OK
OK

Select linear
static
analysis
analysis
from the drop-
drop-
down menu of
the
Analysis
Analysis
button

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 Then OK
OK
from the
drop-
drop-down
menu that
follows

Pop-
Pop-down screen
portions provide a
description of the
analysis, and a
warning OK
warning OK

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Click the right
mouse button to
expose the pop-
pop-
down menu and
select zoom
zoom

Then zoom
window
window

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Use the left mouse
button to drag a
window over the
top few storeys

Press the deflected

shape icon-
icon-button on the
left menu strip (displays
displaced shape) then
Analysis Results
Results from
the pop-
pop-down menu of
the Query
Query button

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Introduce a 1 or leave
blank
blank the entry for the
pop-
pop-down menu that
results from the last action

Left Mouse click onto the top-

top-left hand
node to obtain displacement results

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Left Mouse click onto the next node to obtain
displacement results ..
..
Right click mouse button to stop
stop the process

We wish to introduce a rigid

rigid
plate condition for the top
storey
Select Master Slave
Constraints
Constraints and graphical
graphical
from the pop-
pop-down menus
from the Structures
Structures button
selection

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Drag whilst holding down the Left Mouse click
to select the three nodes on the top storey

Then select OK
OK
from the pop-
pop-up
menu

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Left Mouse click onto the z-x contraint menu of
the Edit node properties
properties pop-
pop-up menu that is
produced then the select
select option for the
Master node

Left Mouse click onto the left hand corner node

on the top- Master its
top-storey to select the Master
node number appears in the pop-
pop-up menu, then
OK
OK

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Perform a re-
re-analysis ( Analysis linear
(Analysis
Static
Static, OK
OK)

Then query results (procedure as before)

select node 47
47 the master
master

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Then select node 4545 one of the slaves
slaves and
notice that Ry
Ry the same and results look
different to original (when storey not contrained)
contrained)

Introduce a self-
self-weight
weight load Case

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Define it as Load Case 2 with default of -1 x g
acting in y-direction
direction then OK
OK

Define a Load Combination Case

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Define it as Load Case 3 with factors of 1.0 on
each of Load Cases 1 and 2 (ie
(ie LC3 = 1LC1+1LC2
then OK
OK

Perform a re-
re-analysis of all load cases under
Query Analysis Results
Linear Static then Query Results
and clear the entry in the above pop-
pop-up menu
Blank all
all option

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Select the unnamed LC3
LC3 option from
the display window menu

Then query results (procedure as before)

select node 47
47 the master
master to observe
linear
linear combination of output

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Perform a re-
re-analysis of all load cases under
Non- Query Analysis
Non-Linear Static then Query
Results
Results

Select node 47
47 the master
master to observe no
longer have linear
linear combination of output

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