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Section 5
5-11
Notes
1) The user should be careful about choosing the type of the
structure. The choice is dependent on the various degrees of
freedom that need to be considered in the analysis. The
following figure illustrates the degrees of freedoms considered
in the various type specifications. Detailed discussions are
available in Section 1.3. PLANE indicates the XY plane for Y
up and the XZ plane for Z up. FLOOR indicates the XZ floor
for Y up and the XY floor for Z up.
STRUCTURE TYPE
S
PLANE
SPACE
TRUSS 2D 3D
FLOOR
Figure 5.1
2) The optional title provided by the user is printed on top of
every page of the output. The user can use this facility to
customize his output.
Limits
1) Joint number 1 to 999999
2) Number of joints: 200000
*
3) Member/Element numbers: 1 to 999999
4) Number of Members & Elements: 200000
*
5) Load Case numbers: 1 to 99999
6) Number of primary & combination cases 4000
7) Number of modes & frequencies 2700
8) Number of load cases that may be combined by a
Repeat Load or Load Combination command 550
* Some STAAD copies are available with much smaller limits, please check
what limits you have purchased.