Scia Engineer Modelling

1 ModellinginSCIAE ngineerGeometricalentities,geometricalma nipulations,BIMC ontacts12 Elementsofamodel14 Nodes15 Introductiontonodes15 FEnode15 Node15 Typesofnodes15 Absolutenode16 Linkednode16 Differencebetweenabsoluteandlinkednode16 Defininganewnode17 Definingalocalco-ordinatesystemofanode17 Deletingthenodes17 Deletionofpropernodes(nodesthatrelateto1 Dmembers)18 Deletionoffreenodes18 Beams19 Introductiontobeams19 Typesofdirectlydefinedbeams19 Typesofbeamsdefinedasa"property"ofexisti ngbeams19 Commonbeamparameters19 Name20 Type20 Cross-section20 Alpha21 Membersystemlineat21 Eccentricity21 Localco-ordinatesystem(LCS)

2 21 LCSrotation21 FEMtype22 Layer22 Bucklingparameters22 Beamtypes22-2-Generalbeam22 Column23 Horizontalbeam24 Haunchbeam24 Beamofavariablecross-section29 Defininganewbeam31 Insertinganewbeam31 Insertinganewbeamofacomplexaxisshape31 Definingahaunchona1 Dmember33 Defininga1 Dmemberwithavariablecross-section34 Slabs35 Basicslabtypes35 Slabparameters35 Geometryparametersforwalls36 Variablethickness37 TheeffectoftheSwaporientationparameter38 Slabcomponents38 Introductiontoslabcomponents38 Subregionofaslab39 Openinginaslab40 Internaledgeinaslab41 Internalnodeinaslab42 Ribintheslab43 Integrationstrips45 Intersectionoftwoshells48 Diaphragms54 Definition54 Availabletypesofdiaphragm54 Howtocreateadiaphragm54 Moreinformation54 Membranes55 Prerequisitesformembraneelements55-3-Cha pter 0 Limitationsformembraneelements55 Orthotropy56 Orthotropicpropertiesofslabmembers56 Orthotropymanager62 Plateswithbeams67 Plateswithbeams67 Defininganewslab68 Defininganewplate68 Defininganewwall69 Defininganewsubregion69 Defininganewopening69 Defininganewinternaledge70 Defininganinternalnodeinaslab70

3 Defininganewrib71 Defininganewplatewithbeams71 Defininganewplatefrombeams75 Defininganewshell79 Defininganewshell79 Sampleshells80 Shelltemplates85 Defininganewmembrane87 Defininganewmembraneelement87 Geometricmanipulations88 Geometricmanipulationswithslabs88 Editingtheshapeofaslab88 Intersectionoftwoshells91 Modificationofthegeometryandpropertiesof plateswithbeams96 Panels101 Panels101 Loadtopanelnodes101 Loadtopaneledges101 Loadtoopeningedges103-4-Loadtopanelbeams 103 Defininganewloadpanelwithbeams104 Inputparametersfortheplate104 Inputparametersforthebeams(parametersfro mtheseparatedialogueforthebeams)106 Defininganewloadpanel107 Loadtopanelnodes/edges107 Loadtopanelbeams(andedges)

4 108 Loadtoopeningedges109 Auxiliarylinesandtext111 Lines111 Linesfromtext111 Generalsolids112 Generalsolids112 Defininganewgeneralsolid112 Solids112 Openshells114 Editingtheexistinggeneralsolid116 Geometricalmanipulationswithgeneralsolid s117 Booleanoperationswithgeneralsolids117 Union117 Subtraction117 Intersection118 Division118 Conversionofgeneralcomponentstostructura lmembers119 Solidtobeam119 Setupparametersforsolidtobeam/columnconv ersion120 Solidtoplate122 Setupparametersforsolidtoplate/wallconve rsion122 Catalogueblocks124 Introductiontocatalogueblocks124 Overviewofcatalogueblocks124 Catalogueblocktypes124-5-Chapter 0 Catalogueblock-Beam124 Catalogueblock-2 Dframe125 Catalogueblock-3 Dframe125 Catalogueblock-2 Dlatticegirder126 Catalogueblock-3 Dlatticegirder126 Catalogueblock-Mast127 Catalogueblock-Curve128 Defininganewcatalogueblock130 Catalogueblockmanager130 Defininganewcatalogueblock131 Selectingthecatalogueblocktype131 Specifyingtheblockparameters133 Reviewingtheblockparameters134 Userblocks135 Introductiontouserblocks135 Usingtheuserblocks135

5 Creatingtheuserblock135 Storingtheuserblocktothelibrary135 Insertingtheuserblockintoanotherproject1 35 Importuserblockparameters136 Limitationsoftheimport137 Movingtheentities138 Introductiontomovingofentities138 Typeofmanipulatedentity138 Trajectoryfollowedbythemanipulatedentity 138 Generalrulesformoveofentities139 Linkedversusabsolutenode139 Rulesformoveofnodes139 Rulesformoveof1 Dmembers139 Movingthegeometricentities141 Movinganentityviathepropertytable141 Movinganentityviaamenufunction142-6-Movi nganentityviathewindowpop-upmenu143 MovinganentityusingDrag&Dropfeature143 Rotatinganentityviaitsvertexco-ordinatec hange144 Rotatinganentityviaamenufunction144 Rotatinganentityviatherightmousebuttonpo p-upmenu146 RotatinganentityusingDrag&Dropfeature146 Mirroringanentity146 Movingtheadditionaldataentities147 Introductiontomovingofadditional-dataent ities147 Copyingtheentities148 Introductiontocopyingofentities148 Makingasinglecopyviamenufunction148 Makingasinglecopyviawindowpop-upmenu149 Copyingarbitrarynumberofentities149 Copyingjustasingleentity149

6 Makingmultiplecopiesviamenufunction150 Deletingtheentities152 Introductiontodeletingofentities152 Deletingtheuser-selectedentities152 Deletinginvalidentities153 Editingtheentityproperties154 Introductiontoeditingofentityproperties1 54 Editingthebeampropertiesinitspropertydia logue154 Editingthebeampropertiesinthepropertywin dow154 Modifyingtheshapeanddimensions156 Typesofgeometricmanipulations156 Manipulationwithawholeentity156 Manipulationwithaline156 Manipulationwithapolyline156 Manipulationwithacurve156 Treatmentoflinkednodesinmanipulationfunc tions156In-axismodification157-7-Chapter 0 Out-of-axismodification157 Editingtheshapeinthepropertywindow158 EditingtheshapeusingDrag&Dropfeature159 Manipulationswithwholeentities159 Scalingtheentities159 Stretchingtheentities160 Manipulationswithlines160 Trimmingtheentities160 Extendingtheentities161 Enlargingtheentities162 Breakingtheentitiesindefinedpoints162 Breakingtheentitiesinintersections163 Couplingtheentities163 Reversingtheorientationofanentity164 Manipulationswithpolylines164

7 Insertinganodeintoapolygonalentity164 Deletinganodefromapolygonalentity165 Couplingcurvesintoapolyline165 Breakingapolylineintocurves166 Definingafilletinapolylinevertex166 Manipulationswithcurves167 Editingthecirculararcangle167 Editingthecirculararcbulge168 Editingthecirculararcradius168 EditingtheBeziercurveweightfactors169 Convertingacurveintoaline169 Convertingalineintoacirculararc170 Convertingalineintoaparabolicarc170 ConvertingalineintoaBeziercurve171 Convertingalineintoasplinecurve171 Manipulationswithslabs172 Dividingandmergingplates172-8-Connecting anddisconnectingtheentities173 Introductiontoconnectinganddisconnecting ofentities173 Defininganewconnectionoftwoentities173 Insertingalinkednodeforfutureconnectiono fanentity174 Modifyingtheconnectionoftwoentities174 Deletingtheconnectionoftwoentities175 Deletingtheconnectionviathepropertytable ofthelinkednode175 Deletingtheconnectionviathefunctionfordi sconnectionofentities175 Defininganewconnectionofintersectingenti ties176 Parametersofcross-link176 Notes.

8 177 Modifyingtheconnectionofintersectingenti ties178 Deletingtheconnectionofintersectingentit ies178 BIMtoolbox180 Alignmentofslabs180 Background180 Masterplane180 Typesofmasterplanes180 Alignmentprocedure181 Alignmentprocedure181 Generationofthelistofmasterplanes181 Parameterscontrollingthealignmentofthest ructure183 PropertywindowoftheAlignfunction183 AlignmentInfofloatingwindow186 Alignstructuralentitiestoplanes(movingno des)187 Geometricaltolerance189 Connect190 Checkstructuredata190 What,Why,When?191 BIMtoolboxservice191 Recognitionsetup192 Arbitrarybeamrecognitionsetup192-9-Chapt er ova1298/16SK-01001 :18/07 , , ,joist,tiebeam,rafter,stripfoundation, , ,theconnectionofthe1 Dmembersinthispoint(ornode) ,ifanytwomembersthatintersecteachotherar etoldtobeconnected(viaalinkednode), (concerningbothtranslationandrotation)ma ybeeitherrigidorfreeoranythinginbetween( ).

9 LoadAstructuredoesnotexistonitsown; ,asthesupportsmust,intheend, "dynamic" , "node" ,whentalkingaboutSCIAE ngineerprogram,wehavetomakeastrictdefini tionofwhattheword"node" , , "FEnode".Normally, , , "node"willbeusedtotalkaboutESAnodes (orpoints,ifyouprefer) , :lpositioninmodellingspace( ),lnodalco-ordinatesystem(usedtodefineth edirectionofdirection-relatedpropertiess uchasdegreesoffreedom). , ,specialboundaryconditionscanbedefinedfo rtheconnectionandthusonlysomeoftheintern alforces( ) ,thegeneratormayaddsomemoreFEnodesinbetw eentheuser-definedESAnodes, "relation" :lanabsolutenode, 2 AbsolutenodeAnabsolutenodeisdefinedbyits "absolute"position,orwecansayabsoluteco- ordinates, ( ).

10 LinkednodeAlinkednodeisusuallydefinedbyi tsposition,orwecansayrelativeco-ordinate , "linked"suggests,alinkednodeisusedto"lin k" , ,let ,nodeN4islinkedandisbound(linked) ,N4, ,let , , (suchasmov)