OpenSTAAD V8i

Load.GetInfluenceArea

Returns the beam numbers and corresponding influence areas within the specified boundary.

Where:

MinX, MaxX, MinY, MaxY, MinZ, MaxZ

Float variables indicate what the boundary of the floor pane.

Direction

Integer variable provide the direction.

1 = X-axis

2 = Y-axis

3 = Z-axis

BeamNosArray

Long array returns all the beam numbers under consideration.

AreasArray

Double array returns all the influence areas for the beams returned in the last parameter.

'Get the application object --
'Get Influence Area
objOpenSTAAD.Load.GetInfluenceArea fMinX, fMaxX, fMinY, fMaxY, fMinZ, fMaxZ, iDirection, _
lBeamNosArray, dAreasArray