STAAD Commands and Input Instructions
Section 5
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suffice, and that is for defining panels during a FLOOR LOAD
assignment.
In section 5.32.4 of this manual, as explained under the topic
“Applying floor load on members grouped under a FLOOR
GROUP name”, a panel has to be specified using a FLOOR
GROUP, not a MEMBER GROUP. A FLOOR GROUP is
presently not accepted in lieu of a member-list for any other
command.
Example
START GROUP DEFINITION
_TRUSS 1 TO 20 25 35
_BEAM 40 TO 50
END
MEMBER PROPERTIES
_TRUSS TA LD L40304
_BEAM TA ST W12X26
Example
START GROUP DEFINITION
JOINT
_TAGA 1 TO 10
MEMBER
_TAGB 40 TO 50
GEOMETRY
_TAGC 101 TO 135
END
MEMBER PROPERTIES
_TAGB TA LD L40304
_TAGC TA ST W12X26