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Section 5
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The following designation is used for member property names:
AX - Cross section area
AY - Area used to adjust shear/bending stiffness in local Y axis
to account for pure shear in addition to the classical
bending stiffness.
AZ - Area used to adjust shear/bending stiffness in local Z axis
to account for pure shear in addition to the classical
bending stiffness.
IZ - Moment of Inertia about the local Z-axis
IY - Moment of Inertia about the local Y-axis
IX - Torsional constant
SY - Smallest section modulus about the local Y-axis
SZ - Smallest section modulus about the local Z-axis
The PRINT MATERIAL PROPERTIES command prints all
material properties for the members, including E (modulus of
elasticity), G (shear modulus), weight density and coefficient of
thermal expansion (alpha) for frame members. This command is
available for members only. G may be listed as zero if command
is before load cases and Poisson ratio was entered but G was not
entered.
The PRINT SUPPORT INFORMATION command prints all
support information regarding their fixity, releases and spring
constant values, if any. The LIST option is not available for this
command.
The PRINT ALL command is equivalent to last five print
commands combined. This command prints joint coordinates,
member information, member properties, material properties and
support information, in that order.
The PRINT CG command prints out the coordinates of the center
of gravity and the total weight of the structure or of a single group
of member/elements. If the CG of a portion of the structure is
desired, the members and elements of that portion must be
assigned using a group name (see section 5.16 for details on using