This will change your mouse point from " " to " " in the area of 2-D view.ĥ) Draw your structure in the grid based on the grid spacings defined in step 2. Active the 2-D view by click the x-y button in toolbox or by clicking any point inside the 2-D window.Ĥ) From draw menu, choose "Draw From Element".
#Sap 2000 delete joint windows
You can close the 3-D windows if you wish. This will display the 3-D and 2-D view window with grid.ģ) 3-D and 2-D views of the model are displayed in vertically tiled adjoining windows. The cross points of the grid will define the necessary joints of your structure. When creating from a new model, follow these steps:ġ) From the File menu, choose the New Model… This will display the window of coordinate system definition.Ģ) In the window of coordinate system definition, enter the appropriate grid information.
You can any one of the two windows if you wish. You can activate the one you plan to work in by clicking the window’s title. The screen will refresh and display 3-D and 2-D views of the model in vertically tiled adjoining windows. This will display the template dialog box.Ģ)In this dialog box, choose the appropriate parameters. The other is by creating a completely new model.When creating from a template, follow these steps:ġ.2.1 From File menu, choose New Model from Template… This will display the Model Template dialog box.ġ) Click on the template which most closely resembles the structure you want to analyze. There are two ways to set up the structure’s geometry: The first is from the SAP2000’s templates. the drop down list) in the main window’s status bar, choose the units for this project. Assigning member section properties and element releases.įrom the combo (i.e.Defining material and member section properties.In preprocessing, the following information is needed by SAP2000. The analysis procedure can be divided into three parts: a.
The SAP2000 graphic user interface (GUI) is used to model, analyze, design, and display the structure geometry, properties and analysis results. It is also a powerful design tool to design structures following AISC building codes and other standards. SAP2000 is a general purpose finite element program which performs the static ,dynamic, linear or nonlinear analysis of structural systems.