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STAAD Commands and Input Instructions
Section 5
5-12
5.3 Unit Specification
Purpose
This command allows the user to specify or change length and
force units for input and output.
General format:
*
⎧length-unit ⎫
UNIT ⎨ ⎬
⎩
force-unit
⎭
⎧INCHES ⎫
⎪FEET or FT or FO ⎪
⎪CM ⎪
length-unit =
⎨METER ⎬
⎪MMS ⎪
⎪DME ⎪
⎩
KM
⎭
⎧KIP ⎫
⎪POUND ⎪
⎪KG ⎪
force-unit =
⎨MTON ⎬
⎪NEWTON ⎪
⎪KNS ⎪
⎪MNS ⎪
⎩
DNS
⎭
Note:
DME denotes Decimeters. MNS denotes mega Newtons
(1,000,000 Newtons) and DNS denotes DecaNewtons (10
Newtons). MTON denotes Metric Ton (1000 kilograms). All
other units are self explanatory.
Description
The UNIT command can be specified any number of times during
an analysis. All data is assumed to be in the most recent unit