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This time was my first time, when I used the design precedure of SAP2000 for steel structures. I've got purlins, which I modeled in my 3D model, and I have a joint at the intersection point of purlin and the sloped roof beam. So at the end of modelling my roof beam consists from n frame...

And also, if SAP considers it like a brace, is there any way to change the type of the element to a brace?

I want to use steel design options according to EC. In the Steel design manual book I read, that there is a classification of the frame elements, according to their position in the model space. If they're parallel to z axis, they are columns. These which are parallel to x-y plane are beams and...

Hi everybody, I've got a problem. I've got a steel structure - frames and vertical and roof braces. When I try to assign the loads on it using area uniform to shell function in the fields, where are the braces situated, they receive loads. I've read how to prevent this, but I compare two models...