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How to set the unbraced length in SAP2000

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oalfish

Structural
Jun 10, 2006
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For a beam 50ft long, laterally braced at the center.Dead .2k/ft Live .8k/ft
I set the unbraced length in two ways, one way is assign a translation restraint at the center, this way gives a correct answer.
Another way is use the overwrite to set the LTB ratio as .5.But this give me a different design section.This way is from the manual
Could anyone tell me what is the reason ?
Thanks
 
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I am interested in knowing the answer also. Is there any where you can set the unbraced length of a member to a value instead of letting the program try to figure it out?
 
Overwrite the value, after the design click the member and overwrite the value
 
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