Property.CreateElementNodeReleaseSpec

Creates ELEMENT RELEASE specification.

VB Syntax

Property.CreateElementNodeReleaseSpec Node, DOFReleaseArray

Where:

Node: Integer variable specifying node (1, 2, 3 or 4) of the element to be released.
DOFReleaseArray: Integer variable array of size 6 providing releases in different degrees of freedom (0 = No Release, 1 = Release) FX, FY, FZ, MX, MY and MZ.

Return Value

A long value containing the reference number of the specification created to be used to access the same.

VB Example

Dim DOFRelease(0 To 5) As Integer
'Get the application object --
'Set the flags for releases
'Create specification
lSpecNo = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateElementNodeReleaseSpec 1, DOFRelease

Reference Materials

Property.CreateElementIgnoreInplaneRotnSpec

Property.CreateElementPlaneStressSpec

Property.AssignElementSpecToPlate