I am used to the sign convention of SAP2000 but RM Bridge uses a different coordinate system (Axis 3 pointing into 1-2 plane as opposed to out of 1-2 plane in SAP2000).
I would like to know the sign convention of start/end force/moment, so that I can make sense of the output, especially the direction of M2, M3 bending moments.
Hi John, you can get that information in RM Bridge User's Manual. Please, look bellow how to access to it:
communities.bentley.com/.../rm-bridge-connect-edition
Ana Carla Peres
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Bentley BrIM