OpenSTAAD V8i

Load.AddMemberConcForce

Adds CONCENTRATED FORCE to beam or beams.

Where:

BeamNo

Integer variable providing the beam number.

BeamNoArray

Integer variable array providing the beam numbers.

Direction

Integer variable giving the direction of load: X direction = 1, Y direction = 2, Z direction = 3, GX direction = 4, GY direction = 5, GZ direction = 6, PX direction = 7, PY direction = 7, PZ direction = 8.

ForceValue

Double variable providing the magnitude of the concentrated force in current units.

D1Value, D2Value

Double variables providing values of d1, d2 in current units. For additional information, refer to Section 5.32.2 of the Technical Reference manual.

'Get the application object --
'Add member concentrated load of -6.43 units to member 57 in GY direction
objOpenSTAAD.Load.AddMemberConcForce 57, 5, -6.43, 4.7, 0.92