Property.CreateMemberPartialReleaseSpec

Creates MEMBER RELEASE specification.

VB Syntax

Property.CreateMemberPartialReleaseSpec StartOrEnd, PartialRelease, ReleaseFactor Property.CreateMemberPartialReleaseSpec StartOrEnd, PartialReleaseArray, ReleaseFactorArray

Where:

StartOrEnd: Integer variable specifying whether offsets are at START (= 0) or END (= 1) of the member.
PartialRelease: Integer variable to set the flag for MP (0 = No Release, 1 = Release).
PartialReleaseArray: Integer variable array of size 3 providing releases in different degrees of freedom (0 = No Release, 1 = Release) MPX, MPY and MPZ.
ReleaseFactor: Double variable providing the partial moment release factor to be applied uniformly to all three DOFs.
ReleaseFactorArray: Double variable array of size 3 providing the partial moment release factors in respective DOFs.

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 2) As Integer
Dim MPFactor (0 To 2) As Double
'Get the application object --
'Set the flags for releases
'Set moment release factors if any
'Create specification
lSpecNo = objOpenSTAAD.Property.CreateMemberPartialReleaseSpec _
0, DOFRelease, MPFactor