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The Analysis Procedures :

The SAP2000 graphic user interface (GUI) is used to model, analyze, design, and display the structure geometry, properties and analysis results. The analysis procedure can be divided into three parts:

Preprocessing

Solving

Post-processingSAP

Part I:Preprocessin.

In preprocessing, the following information is needed by SAP2000.

1 )Choosing the units.2 )Setting up geometry .

3 )Defining material and member section properties .

4 )Defining load cases .5 )Assigning load magnitudes.

6 )Assigning restraints .

The following section illustrates the details of preprocessing :

 

1-Choosing units.

From the combo (i.e. the drop down list) in the main window’s status bar, choose the units for used in the project .

 

2-Setting up structure’s geometry.

There are two ways to set up the structure’s geometry: The first is from the SAP2000’s templates. The other is by creating a completely new model, as shown in figure (1).

When creating from a template, follow these steps:

1. From File menu, choose New Model from Template… This will display the Model Template dialog box.

2 .In this dialog box : A- Click on the template which most closely

resembles the structure you want to analyze . This will display the template dialog box .

B- In this dialog box, choose the appropriate parameters, as shown in figure (2) .

C- Click OK button .

Fig. (1) Choose New Model from Template

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