RE: Open Staad - Output units for forces, moments and dimensions

Shreyanka Bhattacharjee — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 13:05:01 GMT

The correct syntax of the function is given below

Dim strOutputUnitForDisplacement As String
Dim strOutputUnitForRotation As String
Dim strOutputUnitForForce As String
Dim strOutputUnitForMoment As String

objOpenSTAAD.Output.GetOutputUnitForDisplacement strOutputUnitForDisplacement
objOpenSTAAD.Output.GetOutputUnitForRotation strOutputUnitForRotation
objOpenSTAAD.Output.GetOutputUnitForForce strOutputUnitForForce
objOpenSTAAD.Output.GetOutputUnitForMoment strOutputUnitForMoment

But these functions returns output unit used by the GUI as a string.

If you want the unit of the displacement for function GetNodeDisplacements or the unit of the force for function GetIntermediateMemberForcesAtDistance, then the unit are always in BASE UNIT of the structure.

So, function GetOutputUnitForDisplacement returns the unit used by the GUI and the unit of the displacement for function GetNodeDisplacements are in BASE UNIT of the structure.