I have tried to make a unique section using the section wizard. I have no problem creating the shape, exporting to STAAD, adding it to a new user table and then assigning. However when I try to run a simple analysis just to see if it will correctly associate and analyze the shape I get 2 errors saying (1) that the file cannot be found - although the .upt file is located in the same folder as the STAAD model, and (2) that the section properties cannot be read - however I calculated them in the section wizard and can open the .upt file with notepad. Why is the file not found or readable?
My input file is as follows:
STAAD SPACE
START JOB INFORMATION
ENGINEER DATE 23-Aug-17
END JOB INFORMATION
INPUT WIDTH 79
UNIT INCHES KIP
JOINT COORDINATES
1 0 0 0; 2 10 0 0;
MEMBER INCIDENCES
1 1 2;
START USER TABLE
TABLE 1 Tee.upt
END
DEFINE MATERIAL START
ISOTROPIC STEEL
E 29000
POISSON 0.3
DENSITY 0.000283
ALPHA 6e-006
DAMP 0.03
TYPE STEEL
STRENGTH FY 36 FU 58 RY 1.5 RT 1.2
END DEFINE MATERIAL
MEMBER PROPERTY
1 UPTABLE 1 Tee
CONSTANTS
MATERIAL STEEL ALL
LOAD 1 LOADTYPE Dead TITLE DEAD LOAD
SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LIST ALL
PERFORM ANALYSIS
STEEL MEMBER TAKE OFF LIST ALL
FINISH
My output file is as follows:
1. STAAD SPACEINPUT FILE: C:\Users\nbrooks\STAAD\TestSection.STD 2. START JOB INFORMATION 3. ENGINEER DATE 23-AUG-17 4. END JOB INFORMATION 5. INPUT WIDTH 79 6. UNIT INCHES KIP 7. JOINT COORDINATES 8. 1 0 0 0; 2 10 0 0 9. MEMBER INCIDENCES 10. 1 1 2 11. START USER TABLE 12. TABLE 1 TEE.UPT 13. END 14. DEFINE MATERIAL START 15. ISOTROPIC STEEL 16. E 29000 17. POISSON 0.3 18. DENSITY 0.000283 19. ALPHA 6E-006 20. DAMP 0.03 21. TYPE STEEL 22. STRENGTH FY 36 FU 58 RY 1.5 RT 1.2 23. END DEFINE MATERIAL 24. MEMBER PROPERTY 25. 1 UPTABLE 1 TEE *** ERROR : FILE NOT FOUND C:\User **ERROR- IN READING MEMBER PROPERTIES. CHECK DATA FORMAT CAREFULLY. *********** END OF THE STAAD.Pro RUN ***********
The files are all located in C:\User\nbrooks\STAAD I am not sure why it does not print the entire location name, is that part of the problem?