spFrame Input and Output
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Input
- Ability to draw in one of three views: XY, XZ, or YZ
- Members and joints are internally sorted into groups of planes and elevations with unique labels and coordinates
- Ability to move or delete entire planes and elevations instantly
- User-controlled grid settings
- User-controlled display color and settings
- Coordinate and object (joint and mid-member) snapping
- User-controlled accuracy and precision
- Axes orientation, cursor location, applicable units, and other settings are always displayed
- Ability to zoom and translate
- Ability to superimpose planes or elevations for comparison
- Message bar that displays helpful hints, messages, and procedures
- Ability to draw members by simply clicking on their end locations (joints are automatically created at member ends)
- Ability to generate members around a circle
- Ability to copy (or extrude) selected members and joints
- Ability to specify fixed or variable offset distance and rotation angle while copying (or extruding)
- Ability to mirror image selected members and joints
- Ability to delete or move joints and members with simple mouse clicks
- Ability to "undo" the last executed action
Output
- Ability to view results in text or graphical format before printing
- Selective printing allowing printing of results for all or user-selected members, joints, member groups, and load combinations
- User-selected input echo
- Joint displacements
- Joint rotations
- Support reactions
- Member end forces and moments
- Member segmental forces, moments, and deflections - in tabular and graphical formats
- Member summary listing all relevant input and output data for a member on one page
- Member segmental force, moment, and deflection envelopes (maxima and minima, resulting from all load combinations) - in tabular and graphical formats
- Group segmental force, moment, and deflection envelopes (maxima and minima for all members in a group, resulting from all load combinations) - in tabular and graphical formats
- Diaphragm displacements
- Summary report