FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT VERSION OF STAAD YOU ARE USING....
IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO ME IF YOU CAN EMAIL ME THE STD FILE TO TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT IT AND HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO YOU
MY EMAIL IS
barrera@sinfo.net
Ernesto Barrera
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ive just seen a very interesting site:
www.zentech-usa.com/index.htm
They have a Software called STRUCAD 3d
i think this software is what you are looking for....
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Well, i dont know of any structural analysis software that would specially analyse offshore structures, maybe if you make a more detailed description of the structure you are dealing with,and the kind of analysis you want to do, i could help you. I guess that it has to do with...
every time sap runs it stores the input and output info on several files. you should be able to open this information using vba commands.remember that sap2000 is very similar to sap90, that uses a preprocessor to build and input file. if you can create a vba routine to build the sap input file...
Well i dont know what excatly you want to do, but apperently you cant launch sap from another program and let the program use the sap data or results...
as far as i know sap operates at a close structure.
To do what you want you have to be able to modify the sap main code. (that is written in...
You may need to make a computer model of both buildings and run a dynamic analysis to both to make sure that the buildings dont bang into one another...
Hi Lina, ive never used Robot, but i have just reviewed thier website and it seems to be a good software. Apperently it covers steel and concrete design using american codes (ACI, LRFD, ASD,also for timber structures), i didnt see wood there. It seems that it also have some advanced analysis...
once againg JAE is right.
keep in mind that RISA will cost you under 3000$ while ETABS can cost you over 7000$.
ETABS on the other hand is much more powerful and can handle very large structures, also can perform nonlinear dynamic analisis, pushover and can handle dampers on the analysis.
so as...
All that software is good, but it depends on your design needs....
my first choice would be Sap2000, then prokon, staadpro2001, and finally visual. visual is a good software but it is not suitable for very large structures.
If you want a state of the art structural software with steel and...
THANK YOU QSHAKE FOR THE ASSISTANCE....
IF YOU ARE TRYING PUSHOVER WITH A CONCRETE FRAME IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU TRY IDARC2D....IT IS A VERY GOOD PROGRAM, DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK - BUFFALO
THE BEST IS THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE.
ERNESTO
The best source to find information about the capacity design philosophy is the following book: SEISMIC DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AND MASONRY BUILDINGS. of T. Paulay and M.J.N Preistley. You should go to chapter 1.4.1, were you will find the main features of this philosophy.
For me, i find...
i would like to know how to model a 3d multistory reinforced concrete building with two way reinforced concrete slab, using STAAD PRO2000. This must be done considering that the STAAD PRO2000 MASTER/SLAVE options yields wrong results, so it can't be used. The building of course is subjected to...