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STAAD Commands and Input Instructions
Section 5
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them. As mentioned earlier, no more than three intermediate
sections are allowed per SECTION command. However, if more
than three intermediate sections are desired, they can be examined
by repeating the SECTION command after completing the required
calculations. The following example will clarify.
Example
SECTION 0.2 0.4 0.5 ALL
PRINT SECTION FORCES
SECTION 0.6 0.75 0.9 ALL
PRINT SECTION FORCES
In this example, forces at 3 intermediate sections (namely 0.2, 0.4
and 0.5) are printed. Then forces at an additional 3 sections
(namely 0.6, 0.75 and 0.9) are printed. This gives the user the
ability to obtain section forces at more than three intermediate
sections.
Notes
1) The SECTION command just specifies the sections. Use the
PRINT SECTION FORCES command after this command to
print out the forces and moments at the specified sections.
2) This is a secondary analysis command. The analysis must be
performed before this command may be used.
3) To obtain values at member ends (START and END), use the
PRINT MEMBER FORCES command.
4) If this command is specified before a steel design operation,
and if the BEAM parameter is set to zero, the section locations
specified by this command will also be designed for, in
addition to the BEAM ends.