looks like the mesh size was too small for auto-mesh to work. the solution is to adjust the auto merge tolerance to 0.01 inches. this will solve the issue I was having when meshing the round poly area.
271828's solution to simply adjust the coordinates of individual nodes will work for the...
i'm trying to mesh the center so that the node in the center will be connected to the rest of the poly areas. my reason for doing this, is because I need a node in the center and auto-mesh won't always put a node exactly at 0,0,0
Hello, i'm looking for help making adjustments my SAP2000 model. in the image below I have a steel plate with a round hole. The auto-mesh feature created the areas shown.
I want to add my own nodes at specific spots so i'm using Draw > Draw Special Joint to do that. What is the correct way to...
Thanks Josh, no duplicates in the model
Thanks PMR06! You're right. I do have a vertical gravity load on top of the rigid member that is not shown in the screenshots. Checking modal deflections, I'm seeing 40 inches horizontal.
I'm getting a pretty common SAP error, but I can't track down what the issue is. the model is very simple: I have a rigid member with a load on top connected to a HSS column. if I change the height of the column, the error goes away. can someone help me understand what is going on? below is a...
KootK,
The splice plates are typically around the sleeve. we try to use 14" flange base width or larger because the splice plates need to be at least 12" wide to fit the 8" pipe and still have some plate area that adds to Sx of the built up cross section.
