Currently i am developing macro to output stresses and moments from plate elements.
I am referring to OpenSTAAD_Reference_V8i(4).pdf, and using Staad Pro (SELECT series 6)
I can't find OpenSTAAD reference for series 6. Is there any?
In the reference for series 4, output array order/items are not clear. Is there any guidance that i can follow? If there is, I would appreciate you telling me where i can get it.
For example, i am using Output.GetAllPlateCenterStressesAndMoments, and i can successfully get CenterStressesArray, which is an eight dimensional array that returns plate center stresses and moments.
But, there is no way to know which value indicates, for example, SLX, SLY, SLXY, MLX, MLY, MLXY, QLX, QLY.
Help in the application shows the below, where the exactly same explanation with the reference as the above is found.
We appreciate your help regarding the above.
SLX, SLY, SLXY, MLX, MLY, MLXY, QLX and QLY are terms reported in the Results Along Line output.
You can find the explanation here.
Thanks for the clarification. I really appreciate the prompt reply from you, Mr. Sathia.
Two things;
1. The link you pasted lead me to the page below. Our IT team is trying to figure out, but it seems there is not a thing we can do.
I appreciate your help, or help from anybody seeing this post, to see the link. FYI, we tried IE, Google Chrome etc, which all failed.
2. Since I guessed your reply, i have extracted the outputs and compared the results before a) from post-prosessing feature of Staad GUI using Cut Line feature, and b) from output using the command in Macro. The difference is quite as big as 100 times. Not only the magnitude, but also the tendency is different too. For example, SX output of b) is more or less similar to MY of a), but still does not match.
So, could you answer to the question;
Q1. Is the unit same with Staad Pro post processing? I am getting N/mm2 from 1) for SXY, for example, and I am expecting the same from b). Please correct me if this is wrong.
If the 1) answers to everything, i would just go through the material to save your time.
Again, I appreciate your help very much.
Thank you.
OpenSTAAD functions extract the results in base unit. If the base unit is selected as Metric, then results will be extracted in kN-meter unit and for English base system, kip-inch unit is used. If you compare the results with post-processing, then you should change the unit system in post-processing table to kN-meter first. For example, see the attached screenshot where I have extracted the center stress values using OpenSTAAD function and compared with post-processing table and you can find that the values are identical.The extracted values for function "GetAllPlateCenterStressesAndMoments" are in the same order as shown in the screenshot.