Good day.
I'm trying to construct and analyze a support structure in STAAD that has 2 (two) types of back to back sections and will be mounted on columns. Though my model can proceed with its analysis for the columns, it skips for the double sections. The design would require a plate to be placed between the column and the first type of double section but I thought I could just include those in the RAM connections instead. I was thinking of reconstructing the model using either offsets or node connections however I am not sure which would be more appropriate for this case. If I opted to use exact node connections I may need to model the plate instead of using RAM since the spacing between would exceed the face of the column(s). Please see the 3D rendered view if my phrasing wasn't clear. Here is the input for the model.
STAAD SPACESTART JOB INFORMATIONENGINEER DATE 14-Jul-16END JOB INFORMATIONINPUT WIDTH 79UNIT MMS KNJOINT COORDINATES1 0 0 0; 2 0 2560 0; 3 0 2560 -400; 4 0 2560 400; 5 3100 0 0; 6 3100 2560 0;7 3100 2560 -400; 8 3100 2560 400; 9 -570 2560 0; 10 3670 2560 0;MEMBER INCIDENCES1 1 2; 2 2 3; 3 2 4; 4 5 6; 5 6 7; 6 6 8; 7 9 2; 8 2 6; 9 6 10;MEMBER OFFSET2 5 START 0 58.7995 02 5 END 0 58.7995 03 6 START 0 58.7995 03 6 END 0 58.7995 07 START 0 160.4 07 END 0 160.4 08 START 0 160.4 08 END 0 160.4 09 START 0 160.4 09 END 0 160.4 0DEFINE 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 MATERIALMEMBER PROPERTY AMERICAN1 4 TABLE ST W10X262 3 5 6 TABLE D C4X7 SP 2477 TO 9 TABLE D C4X7 SP 582.224CONSTANTSMATERIAL STEEL ALLSUPPORTS1 5 FIXEDDEFINE WIND LOADTYPE 1 WIND 1<! STAAD PRO GENERATED DATA DO NOT MODIFY !!!ASCE-7-2010:PARAMS 200.000 KMPH 4 2 1 0 0.000 FT 0.000 FT 0.000 FT 1 -0 40.000 FT 25.000 FT 0.500 FT 0.600 2.000 0.010 -0 0 0 0 1.044 1.000 1.000 0.850 0 -0 0 0 0.879 1.600 -0.550!> END GENERATED DATA BLOCKINT 1.92027e-006 1.92027e-006 1.96966e-006 2.0148e-006 2.05644e-006 -2.09514e-006 2.13133e-006 2.16535e-006 2.19748e-006 2.22793e-006 2.2569e-006 -2.28454e-006 2.31098e-006 2.33634e-006 2.3607e-006 HEIG 0 4572 5158.15 -5744.31 6330.46 6916.62 7502.77 8088.92 8675.08 9261.23 9847.38 -10433.5 11019.7 11605.8 12192EXP 1 JOINT 1 TO 10DEFINE UBC ACCIDENTAL LOADZONE 0.04 I 1 RWX 4.5 RWZ 4.5 STYP 1 NA 1.1 NV 1.4SELFWEIGHT 1 MEMBER WEIGHT7 CON 6.8 1208 CON 6.8 15509 CON 6.8 450LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQXUBC LOAD X 1PERFORM ANALYSISCHANGELOAD 2 LOADTYPE Seismic TITLE EQZUBC LOAD Z 1PERFORM ANALYSISCHANGELOAD 3 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD LOADSELFWEIGHT Y -1 MEMBER LOAD7 CON GY -6.8 1208 CON GY -6.8 15509 CON GY -6.8 450CALCULATE RAYLEIGH FREQUENCYLOAD 4 LOADTYPE Live REDUCIBLE TITLE LIVE LOADLOAD 5 LOADTYPE Wind TITLE WIND LOADWIND LOAD X 1 TYPE 1 OPENWIND LOAD Z 1 TYPE 1 OPENLOAD 6 LOADTYPE None TITLE MODAL CALCULATIONSELFWEIGHT X 1 SELFWEIGHT Y 1 SELFWEIGHT Z 1 MODAL CALCULATION REQUESTEDLOAD COMB 7 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 73 1.4 LOAD COMB 8 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 83 1.2 4 1.4 LOAD COMB 9 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 93 1.2 5 0.8 LOAD COMB 10 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 101 1.0 3 1.2 4 0.5 LOAD COMB 11 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 112 1.0 3 1.2 4 0.5 LOAD COMB 12 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 121 1.0 3 0.9 LOAD COMB 13 COMBINATION LOAD CASE 132 1.0 3 0.9 PERFORM ANALYSISPARAMETER 1CODE LRFDDFF 360 ALLPERFORM ANALYSISPARAMETER 2CODE LRFDGROUP MEMB 1 4 GROUP MEMB 2 3 5 6 GROUP MEMB 7 TO 9 PARAMETER 3CODE LRFDSTEEL MEMBER TAKE OFF LIST ALLPARAMETER 4CODE LRFDCHECK CODE ALLFINISH
I thank you all in advance for any assistance you may provide.