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Draw concrete and reinforcement shapes in SAP2000 section designer using API

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Hassaan_16

Structural
Apr 19, 2022
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Hello guys! I have just started learning the API functionality of CSI SAP2000 and need help regarding the section designer. I've defined the column sections using the "SetSDSection" function. The function just defines a new section and sets the concrete strength and design preferences e.g. "SapModel.PropFrame.SetSDSection("SD1", "4000Psi",2)" will create a SD section ("2" means concrete column, reinforcement to be checked) named "SD1" with concrete strength 4000Psi. The problem is that I can't find any way to actually draw the column section in SD using the API. Kindly help me out with this.
 
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For those who are having the same problem as I had: There is a section named "SD shape" in the updated API documentation file. Use the functions in that section to draw the SD section.
 
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