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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>H B's Communities Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/d94b1c51_2d00_4c54_2d00_4039_2d00_828b_2d00_c31f9dc07e9d</link><description>Recent activity for people in H B's community</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Issue with Wood Roof Frame w/ Tie Beam Model - Large Displacements?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/249215/issue-with-wood-roof-frame-w-tie-beam-model---large-displacements</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:05:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:e11a18f5-107c-4b37-a164-43ee3f13a2f5</guid><dc:creator>H B</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m new to STAAD and attempting to model a simple roof frame for a 1-story home with a tie beam. For some reason I am getting exceptionally large displacements (52&amp;quot;) even though my loading is pretty light (dead, snow, wind) total of ~100plf max.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Of note: The furthest out supports are the walls w/ a 1&amp;#39; overhang. The inner two supports are &amp;quot;girders&amp;quot; going in the Z-direction which the rafters will be notched and attached too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is my command file:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;STAAD SPACE&lt;br /&gt;START JOB INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;JOB NAME PSU Project&lt;br /&gt;JOB CLIENT PSU&lt;br /&gt;JOB REV 0&lt;br /&gt;ENGINEER NAME Hunter Brooks&lt;br /&gt;ENGINEER DATE 8/21/2023&lt;br /&gt;END JOB INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;INPUT WIDTH 79&lt;br /&gt;UNIT INCHES KIP&lt;br /&gt;JOINT COORDINATES&lt;br /&gt;1 408 0 0; 2 180 38 0; 3 0 -37 0; 4 396 2 0; 5 12 -32 0; 6 318 15 0;&lt;br /&gt;7 124.8 15 0; 8 93.25 1.854 0; 9 340.75 11.208 0;&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER INCIDENCES&lt;br /&gt;1 1 4; 2 2 7; 3 4 9; 4 5 3; 5 6 2; 6 7 8; 7 7 6; 8 8 5; 9 9 6;&lt;br /&gt;DEFINE PMEMBER&lt;br /&gt;2 6 8 4 PMEMBER 1&lt;br /&gt;1 3 9 5 PMEMBER 2&lt;br /&gt;SUPPORTS&lt;br /&gt;4 5 8 9 PINNED&lt;br /&gt;UNIT INCHES POUND&lt;br /&gt;DEFINE MATERIAL START&lt;br /&gt;ISOTROPIC TIMBER&lt;br /&gt;E 1.5e+06&lt;br /&gt;POISSON 0.15&lt;br /&gt;DENSITY 0.0144676&lt;br /&gt;ALPHA 3e-06&lt;br /&gt;DAMP 0.06&lt;br /&gt;G 652174&lt;br /&gt;TYPE TIMBER&lt;br /&gt;ISOTROPIC DFL&lt;br /&gt;E 1600&lt;br /&gt;POISSON 0.15&lt;br /&gt;DENSITY 0.01806&lt;br /&gt;ALPHA 3e-06&lt;br /&gt;DAMP 0.06&lt;br /&gt;G 652174&lt;br /&gt;TYPE TIMBER&lt;br /&gt;END DEFINE MATERIAL&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER PROPERTY&lt;br /&gt;1 TO 6 8 9 PRIS YD 9.25 ZD 1.5&lt;br /&gt;7 PRIS YD 3.5 ZD 1.5&lt;br /&gt;CONSTANTS&lt;br /&gt;MATERIAL DFL ALL&lt;br /&gt;MEMBER RELEASE&lt;br /&gt;7 END MX MY MZ&lt;br /&gt;7 START MX MY MZ&lt;br /&gt;DEFINE REFERENCE LOADS&lt;br /&gt;LOAD R1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD&lt;br /&gt;LOAD R2 LOADTYPE Snow TITLE SNOW&lt;br /&gt;LOAD R3 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE WIND&lt;br /&gt;END DEFINE REFERENCE LOADS&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD&lt;br /&gt;PMEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;1 UNI GY -2&lt;br /&gt;2 UNI GY -1.167&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 2 LOADTYPE Snow TITLE SNOW&lt;br /&gt;PMEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;1 2 UNI GY -3.333&lt;br /&gt;LOAD 3 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE WIND&lt;br /&gt;PMEMBER LOAD&lt;br /&gt;1 2 UNI GY -3.133&lt;br /&gt;LOAD COMB 4 D+S&lt;br /&gt;1 1.0 2 1.0 &lt;br /&gt;LOAD COMB 5 D+.75S+.45W&lt;br /&gt;1 1.0 2 1.0 3 1.0 &lt;br /&gt;PERFORM ANALYSIS&lt;br /&gt;DEFINE ENVELOPE&lt;br /&gt;4 ENVELOPE 1&lt;br /&gt;5 ENVELOPE 2&lt;br /&gt;END DEFINE ENVELOPE&lt;br /&gt;FINISH&lt;/p&gt;
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