RE: How to overwrite loads in OpenSTAAD

Khawaldah — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 07:33:27 GMT

in other words; how can I delete member properties or a primary load case? I can only see how to delete loadlist

RE: How to overwrite loads in OpenSTAAD

Khawaldah — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:18:23 GMT

loads and properties are duplicated when running the script multiple times. Could you try running this simple model multiple times to see what I mean?

Sub GenerateModel()

Dim cx(1) As Double
Dim cy(1) As Double
Dim cz(1) As Double
Dim Node(1) As Integer
Dim N1 As Integer
Dim N2 As Integer

Set suro = GetObject(, "StaadPro.OpenSTAAD")

Node(0) = suro.geometry.CreateNode(1, 0, 0, 0)
Node(1) = suro.geometry.CreateNode(2, 5, 5, 0)

N1 = 1
N2 = 2

Beam = suro.geometry.CreateBeam(1, N1, N2)

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' Add suppoty

'Sub CreatePinnedSupport()
Dim objOpenSTAAD As Object
Dim SelNodesNo As Long
Dim SelNodes() As Long
Dim pinnedSupport As Long
Dim assignSupport As Variant

SelNodesNo = 1
'Create Pinned Support
pinnedSupport = suro.Support.CreateSupportPinned
assignSupport = suro.Support.AssignSupportToNode(1, pinnedSupport)

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' Assign section properties

Dim TaperedProperties(6) As Double
Dim PropNo As Long
Dim BeamNo As Long

'Units are in meter for F1-F7 parameter
TaperedProperties(0) = 0.2 'F1
TaperedProperties(1) = 0.005 'F2
TaperedProperties(2) = 0.8 'F3
TaperedProperties(3) = 0.15 'F4
TaperedProperties(4) = 0.01 'F5
TaperedProperties(5) = 0.15 'F6
TaperedProperties(6) = 0.01 'F7

PropNo = suro.Property.CreateTaperedIProperty(TaperedProperties)

BeamNo = 1 'MEMBER NUMBER
suro.Property.AssignBeamProperty BeamNo, PropNo
suro.Property.AssignMaterialToMember "STEEL", BeamNo

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' Add load

suro.Load.CreateNewPrimaryLoad "Live"
RetVal = suro.Load.AddMemberConcForce(1, 5, -26.4, 3, 0)

End Sub

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RE: How to overwrite loads in OpenSTAAD

Shreyanka Bhattacharjee — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:35:34 GMT

Can you please explain your query a little bit more and attached the script?