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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>Ryan Bunnage's Activities</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/members/rbunnage</link><description>Ryan Bunnage's recent activity</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Rotation of Angle Members</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/53075/rotation-of-angle-members</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2015 14:30:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:b23abc4a-fb88-4db9-9cb2-089899f8d6bf</guid><dc:creator>Ryan Bunnage</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of questions concerning the rotation of singe angle members.&amp;nbsp; Which command should I use to rotate&amp;nbsp;these angle members?&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Beta Angle&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Beta 45&amp;quot; (or&amp;nbsp;135 or 225 or whatever your&amp;nbsp;required angle is)?&amp;nbsp; I pose this question because I would have thought the results would have been the same but they are not.&amp;nbsp; The results for &amp;quot;Beta Angle&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;actually match those of an angle member&amp;nbsp;modeled along its principal axis with no rotation or &amp;quot;Beta 0&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; I also would have thought the properties for the&amp;nbsp;weld design, namely Sz, Sy, CH &amp;amp; CV,&amp;nbsp;would have changed with this&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Beta Angle&amp;quot; command&amp;nbsp;since the member end forces&amp;nbsp;are no longer being applied in the same manner&amp;nbsp;to the weld.&amp;nbsp; Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>