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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/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>About designing of a structure</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/offshore/f/maxsurf-moses-sacs-forum/207899/about-designing-of-a-structure</link><description>Hello everyone 
 
 My name is Sara from Italy, I am very new to the Sacs, could you please help me 
 First of all; after assigning all the member sections in order to perform static analysis, shall I calculate all the section&amp;#39;s self-weight by myself and</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: About designing of a structure</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/627815?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:17:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:4fafb22d-9d65-4b28-8091-3e4c0eb44fdf</guid><dc:creator>Bit-na Seo</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Sara,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice to meet you. Here is the answer in the order they posed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. SACS can calculate self weights of structural elements, but they are not automatically considered. I mean, you need to let SACS know you want to include the self-weight effect for the stiffness analysis. There are many ways. One of the ways is to generate a load case due to self-weight as a separate load case in Precede (Load -&amp;gt;Self Weight) then combine it with other load cases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. You mean you excluded the self-weight of a structure when generating inertial loading in your tow input file? If so, as you said, the resulting load cases could be zero if you do not have any user-defined weight properties or loads. It seems this is not what you want. Then, include the weight of modeled elements for the inertial loading. Check column 27 - 28 on the TOWOPT line.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. I am not sure what you did. For your reference, there are many ways, but basically, you need a structural model and load cases to be solved. I mean you need the loads due to motion, self-weight, and other loads that you want to check with. These are basic ingredients of strength analysis during transportation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if I misunderstand your question.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Best regards,&lt;br /&gt;Bitna&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>