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Shear and Moment Diagrams

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Click Analysis Results > Shear & Moment Diagram to view shear or moment diagrams on the model itself   This opens the Shear and Moment Diagram dialog.

 

Shear and Moment Diagram dialog

 

Select the desired Load Combination.  Select the desired Diagram Type, where options include:

 

Vx - axial force

Vy - major shear

Vz - minor shear

Mx - torsional moment

My - minor axis moment

Mz - major axis moment

 

Select the Diagram mode, where options include:

 

Diagrams on all members

Diagrams on selected members

Erase existing diagrams (This option is one way to remove diagrams from the model.  Another way is to use the Restore Model icon.

 

The final options include:

 

Show values (If deselected, only diagrams are drawn.)

Show units (Only has any meaning if Show values is selected.)

Center diagram values at member ends (If selected, the labels will be centered on the member to clarify which label is associated with which member.  If deselected, the labels will be offset to clarify the view of the member.)

 

Shear diagram