User manual RISA TECHNOLOGIES 2D

[. . . ] RISA-2D Rapid Interactive Structural Analysis ­ 2-Dimensional User's Guide 26632 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 210 Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 (949) 951-5815 (949) 951-5848 (FAX) www. risatech. com Copyright ©2010, RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. RISA, as applied to structural engineering software, is a trademark of RISA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. All other trademarks mentioned in this publication are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] Try the box zoom now: On the Window toolbar, click Box Zoom dragging your mouse. and Zoom Out , allows you to zoom in on a specific area of , then box any area in your model by pressing and If your mouse has a wheel, you will also be able to zoom using the mouse wheel: Roll the mouse wheel forward and backward a few times to see the zooming effect. On the Window toolbar, click Redraw to redraw the model within your window. Panning the Model With the mouse wheel, you will also be able to use RISA-2D's panning feature: Simply press down the mouse wheel anywhere on your model, then hold and drag to the desired location. When you are finished, return to your original, full model view: On the Window toolbar, click Planar XY , then Redraw . Edit Using the Drawing Toolbar The Graphic Editing button is used to turn the Drawing toolbar on and off in the current model view. On the Window toolbar, click Graphic Editing a few times. When finished, leave the Drawing toolbar on. 58 Tutorial 2 ­ Modifying Saving Views If you create a customized view that you think you may use again, you can save it for future recall using the Save or Recall View button . (It may even be a good idea to use this feature whenever you create a view that takes some time. ) Simply click the Save or Recall View button and assign a name to the saved view. All of the plot options will be recorded and saved for later recall. Multiple Views RISA-2D provides the ability to display multiple views of your model using two powerful tools: Clone View and New Model View . These tools allow you to keep your original model view (window) intact in one view, then create additional views to display different views of the model. Clone View - opens a new window containing the current model view (including any rendering or viewing changes you have made). New Model View - opens a new window containing the current model view (but does not include any rendering or view modifications). Example 1. Notice the current model view is in ISO view and rendered--the cloned view is identical. Example 2. Even though the original model view is rendered and in ISO view, the New Model View opens in wireframe, Planar XY view (the RISA-2D default view). Listed below are some scenarios in which you may want to use these tools: To isolate specific parts of your model to see how those parts are affected by your modifications. If you do not want to change your existing view, but need to view a different side of the model, simply open a new window to view the other side. When viewing results, you can plot different results information in each view. Note: Each view, whether created with Clone View or New Model View, is independent and can be rotated, rendered, zoomed, selected, etc. , without affecting the other model views. However, any modeling changes you make in any view will be automatically updated in the other views. Load Viewing Operations Load viewing functionality is provided to help you display and switch the loads. This will be discussed in more detail after your loads are defined. 59 Tutorial 2 ­ Modifying Remaining Viewing Buttons The remaining toolbar buttons control identifying information in the model view. On the Window toolbar: Click Rendering Click Joint Labels Click Member Labels Click I End-J End Click Plate Labels twice to turn on model rendering (discussed in further detail later). a couple times to toggle the boundaries on and off. Click Boundary Conditions Click Global Axes a couple times to toggle the Global Axes icon on and off. Plot Options The Plot Options dialog box controls what is displayed on the plot. Click the down arrow next to each list to view the available plot options. When finished reviewing this dialog: Choose the Color Coded option and select Section Set as the Color Basis. Note: You may make any plot options your default options by clicking the Save as Defaults button on the Misc tab. Selection Tools Selection tools are necessary to identify and isolate specific parts of the model. Note: Currently, your cursor looks like this , indicating you are in the default selection mode. [. . . ] to display the member labels. Then, make your selection of the items you would like to print: Click one concrete member, one steel member, one wood member, one cold formed steel member, and two joints. 121 Tutorial 4 ­ Solving & Results Your screen should now look something like this: This next step will "exclude" the unselected items from the results: On the Selection toolbar, click Exclude. Click Yes to exclude the results. Printing Reports You have excluded the unselected items from the results spreadsheets. Now it is time to print: On the RISA toolbar, click Print Click Print a Report Instead. As demonstrated below, you can select a standard report (by making a selection from the Report Name list) or you can build your own customized report (by making selections from all the available criteria). [. . . ]