Sir,
I am writing a openstaad code using visual basic and my objective is to assign a point load and moment at a group of nodes. Now after executing the code the point force is assigned properly in staad model but point moment is not reflected in staad. For your reference, i am adding the piece of code here and also the output screenshot.
For I = 2 To (j - 1) objOpenSTAAD.Load.SetLoadActive 1 objOpenSTAAD.Load.AddNodalLoad node(I), 0, (-1) * Cells(62 + I, 3), 0, 0, 0, Cells(62 + I, 4) Next I
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can you please help me how to fix this problem ASAP ?
Surojit, thank you for being open and honest about the problems with the OpenSTAAD reference manual. I reported the problem with variable types not being given correctly back in March 2019. You responded that you would request that the development team include them in the manual. They obviously ignored your request. You seem like you want to help your customers so it must be very frustrating when your management doesn't feel something as basic as getting documentation correct important. I can tell you it's very frustrating for me and I ask myself every year when I approve the invoice to continue maintenance why am I sticking with Bentley?
Tank, I have posted several requests in the last few years to address these issues of the OpenSTAAD manual. Several problems has been fixed, also documentation of all the new functions now contain complete information including the variable type and a complete example (like, the parametric mesh generation functions). But still there are lots of issues present in the current manual and I am not aware of any timeframe when all these issues will be fixed.
Until all these issues are fixed, my only suggestion is to use this manual just to check the function name and arguments and use trial code to cross check the functionality (that is what I do). If you need any clarification, you can always contact us or post your query.