Say I have an existing frame of angle bars and i want to attach an extension to the vertical members to raise its overall height. The connection appearance would be similar to an overlapping splice. How exactly can I model that so its considered as 1 (one) structure?
Here is the staad input. The members without assigned properties are the supposed extension.
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 22-Jun-16JOB NAME CVT - CadizEND JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT MMS KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 650 0 0; 3 0 0 -650; 4 650 0 -650; 5 0 445 0; 6 650 445 0;7 0 445 -650; 8 650 445 -650; 9 0 850 0; 10 650 850 0; 11 0 850 -650;12 650 850 -650; 13 0 1255 0; 14 650 1255 0; 15 0 1255 -650; 16 650 1255 -650;17 0 1700 0; 18 650 1700 0; 19 0 1700 -650; 20 650 1700 -650; 21 0 788 0;22 0 788 -650; 23 0 1368 0; 24 0 1368 -650; 25 0 788 107; 26 0 788 -757;27 0 1368 107; 28 0 1368 -757; 29 0 1483 -650; 30 0 1483 0; 31 650 1483 0;32 650 1483 -650; 33 0 1598 -650; 34 0 1598 0; 35 650 1598 0; 36 650 1598 -650;37 0 2000 0; 38 650 2000 0; 39 0 2000 -650; 40 650 2000 -650; 41 0 1773 -650;42 0 1773 0; 43 650 1773 0; 44 650 1773 -650; 45 0 1898 -650; 46 0 1898 0;47 650 1898 0; 48 650 1898 -650; 49 -65 2000 65; 50 715 2000 65;51 -65 2000 -715; 52 715 2000 -715;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 5; 2 5 21; 3 21 9; 4 9 13; 5 13 23; 6 23 30; 7 2 6; 8 6 10; 9 10 14;10 14 31; 11 4 8; 12 8 12; 13 12 16; 14 16 32; 15 3 7; 16 7 22; 17 22 11;18 11 15; 19 15 24; 20 24 29; 21 3 1; 22 1 2; 23 2 4; 24 4 3; 25 1 6; 26 3 5;27 4 7; 28 2 8; 29 6 9; 30 5 11; 31 7 12; 32 8 10; 33 10 9; 34 9 11; 35 11 12;36 12 10; 37 9 14; 50 22 21; 51 11 13; 52 12 15; 53 10 16; 58 24 23; 59 23 27;60 24 28; 61 21 25; 62 22 26; 63 29 33; 64 30 34; 65 31 35; 66 32 36; 67 33 19;68 34 17; 69 35 18; 70 36 20; 71 17 42; 72 19 41; 73 18 43; 74 20 44; 75 41 45;76 42 46; 77 43 47; 78 44 48; 79 13 29; 80 14 30; 81 16 31; 83 29 42; 84 30 43;85 31 44; 86 32 41; 87 45 39; 88 46 37; 89 47 38; 90 48 40; 91 42 45; 92 43 46;93 44 47; 94 41 48; 95 39 37; 96 37 38; 97 38 40; 98 40 39; 104 15 32;ELEMENT INCIDENCES SHELL99 51 52 40 39; 100 51 39 37 49; 101 37 38 50 49; 102 38 40 52 50;103 39 40 38 37;ELEMENT PROPERTY99 TO 103 THICKNESS 10DEFINE MATERIAL STARTISOTROPIC STEELE 205POISSON 0.3DENSITY 7.68195e-008ALPHA 1.2e-005DAMP 0.03TYPE STEELSTRENGTH FY 0.2532 FU 0.4078 RY 1.5 RT 1.2END DEFINE MATERIALCONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL MEMB 1 TO 37 50 TO 53 58 TO 70 79 TO 81 83 TO 86 91 TO 94 99 -100 TO 104MEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 TO 24 63 TO 70 TABLE ST L2525325 TO 37 51 TO 53 79 TO 81 83 TO 86 91 TO 94 104 TABLE ST L2020350 58 TO 62 TABLE ST C5X6SUPPORTS1 TO 4 PINNEDDEFINE WIND LOADTYPE 1 WIND 1<! STAAD PRO GENERATED DATA DO NOT MODIFY !!!ASCE-7-2010ARAMS 200.000 kmph 4 1 1 0 0.000 ft 0.000 ft 0.000 ft 1 -0 2.000 m 0.650 m 0.000 m 0.600 2.000 0.010 -0 0 0 0 0.575 1.000 1.000 0.850 0 -0 0 0 0.906 1.600 -0.550!> END GENERATED DATA BLOCKINT 1.34108e-006 1.34108e-006 HEIG 0 4572EXP 1 JOINT 1 TO 52LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W +XWIND LOAD X 1 TYPE 1 YR 0 2000 OPENLOAD 2 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W -XWIND LOAD X -1 TYPE 1 YR 0 2000 OPENLOAD 3 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W +ZWIND LOAD Z 1 TYPE 1 YR 0 2000 OPENLOAD 4 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE W -ZWIND LOAD Z -1 TYPE 1 YR 0 2000 OPENLOAD 5 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD LOADSELFWEIGHT Y -1 JOINT LOAD17 TO 20 FY -1.07521 TO 24 FY -0.295LOAD COMB 6 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 65 1.4 LOAD COMB 7 1.2D +.8WX +.8WZ5 1.2 1 0.8 3 0.8 LOAD COMB 8 1.2D +.8WX -.8WZ5 1.2 1 0.8 4 -0.8 LOAD COMB 9 1.2D -.8WX +.8WZ5 1.2 2 -0.8 3 0.8 LOAD COMB 10 1.2D -.8WX -.8WZ5 1.2 2 -0.8 4 -0.8 PERFORM ANALYSISPARAMETER 1CODE LRFDCHECK CODE MEMB 1 TO 37 50 TO 53 58 TO 70FINISH
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.