RESET SELECT

This option will reset all display settings set using the Display/Select option. All elements will be displayed.

4.7 LABELING

The Display/Labeling features allow for joints, members, plates and/or shells to be labeled on the display. In general, label sub-menu items are toggles that turn the feature on or off.

4.7.1 Joints

The Joints menu item accesses the joint information labeling features on the sub-menu. Joint labels include joint number, fixity or boundary condition, joint symbol and joint design setting.

a. Number - The joint Number toggle alternately labels the corresponding joint number above each joint displayed or removes the joint number(s) from the display.

b. Fixity - The fixity or boundary condition are alternately displayed or concealed using this toggle. The fixity is represented by a six character label corresponding to translation X, Y and Z and rotation X, Y and Z DOFs.

c. Symbol - The joint symbol of each active joint is alternately shown or concealed. Joints with all degrees of freedom free (blank or zero) are represented with an 'X'. Joints with at least one restrained or fixed DOF are represented with a triangle and joints with a spring DOF are displayed as a square. Joints assigned an active retained or master DOF for dynamic analysis are displayed as inverted triangles (see Dynamic BC below).

d. Design - This toggle displays or conceals the joint design option used by the automatic joint design feature, see Section 5.15.1. Joints designated to be excluded in the automatic design are labeled with an 'E' and joints specifically designated to be included are designated with an 'I' (see Sections 5.15.3 & 5.15.4). Joints not designated as either included or excluded are not labeled. e. Dynamic BC - This option allows the user to set which DOFs are to be

considered active when showing dynamic boundary condition symbols. The user can select those degrees of freedom which are to be used in determining whether a joint is to be shown with the retained boundary condition symbol (inverted triangle).

Setting the X On/Off toggle to 'On' indicates that any joint with the X translation degree of freedom retained (2) is to be displayed using the dynamic BC symbol. Similarly, setting the Y On/Off or the Z On/Off toggles to 'On' indicates that any joint with the Y or the Z translation DOF retained (2) is to be represented using the dynamic BC symbol. The XR On/Off, YR On/Off and the ZR On/Off toggles refer to the X, Y and Z rotational DOFs, respectively.

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4.7.2 Members

Members menu item accesses the member information labeling toggles on the sub-menu. Members may be labeled showing only one of the following at one time: group label, section name, Fy, Ky or Ly, Kz or Lz, unbraced length of compression flange (Lb), local coordinate system, and orientation.

a. Group Label - The property group label of all active members may be alternately displayed or concealed using this toggle. The positive direction of the local X axis points from the start joint to the end joint of the member.

b. Section - The cross-section label, or diameter and thickness for tubular members, of each segment for active members may be alternately displayed or concealed using this toggle.

c. Fy - The yield strength of each segment for active members may be alternately displayed or concealed using this toggle.

d. Ky or Ly - The - This toggle alternately shows or conceals the value of Ky or Ly of all active members.

e. Kz or Lz - This toggle alternately shows or conceals the value of Kz or Lz of all active members.

f. Lb - The unbraced length of compression flange (Lb) for all active members may be alternately displayed or concealed using this toggle. Members with no Lb specified are labeled with the member length.

g. Local CS - Active members may be labeled with an arrow pointing in the positive direction of the local X axis using this toggle. The positive direction of the local X axis points from the start joint to the end joint of the member. h. Orientation - The orientation of the cross section of each active member are

drawn or concealed using the Orientation toggle. The orientation of the cross section is drawn as if standing at joint A of the member looking at joint B with your head in the direction of the positive local Z axis. The height and width of the cross section is drawn to scale, but thicknesses are not shown.

i. Show Offsets - This toggle determines whether members are to be drawn showing the actual member length including offsets (checked) or drawn from start joint to end joint without offsets shown (unchecked).

4.7.3 Plates

Plates may be shown with the plate property group, the plate name, and/or the Local coordinate system labeled.

a. Group Label - Active plates may be alternately labeled or unlabeled with their corresponding group label.

b. Name - The plate name of active plates may be alternately shown or concealed using the Name toggle.

c. Local CS – The local coordinate system of each plate may be alternately shown or concealed using the Local CS toggle.

d. Show offsets – The offset of each plate may be alternately shown or concealed using the Show offsets toggle.

e. Show full size - This toggle allows plates to be shown in their actual size or reduced by 10%. The reduced mode allows for members connected to the same joints to be seen in addition to the plates.

Note: The effects of plate group offsets are not shown when displaying plates.

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4.7.4 Shell

Shells may be shown with the name and/or the local coordinate system labeled.

a. Name – The shell name of the active shell may be alternately shown or concealed using the Name toggle.

b. Local CS – The local coordinate system of each plate may be alternately shown or concealed using the Local CS toggle.

c. Show full size - This toggle allows shells to be shown in their actual size or reduced by 10%. The reduced mode allows for members connected to the same joints to be seen in addition to the shells.

4.7.5 Load

The Display Load feature allow the user to display the members and/or joints where loading of the specified load condition is applied. The summation and center of force of the designated loading are reviewed after closing the Labeling dialog.

Note: The load ID may contain the wild card character "*" in any character position.

a. Joint - This feature designates that all joints currently displayed that have loading applied in the specified load condition and load label are to be differentiated by highlighting in a different color (normally purple). If no load identification label is designated, then all loaded joints for the specified load condition will be highlighted.

b. Member Concentrated - This option marks the location on each displayed member that a concentrated load is defined for the specified load condition and load identification label with an 'X'. If no specific load identification label is supplied, then all members that have concentrated loads defined in the specified load condition are marked.

c. Member Distributed - The Member Distributed feature shows the portions of members that have distributed loading applied in the specified load condition and load label in a different color (normally purple). If no load identification label is designated, then loaded portions of members for the specified load condition are highlighted.

d. Temperature - The Temperature feature highlights all members that have temperature load defined for the specified load condition and load identification label. If no specific load identification label is designated, all members loaded for the specified load condition are highlighted. The sum and center of force are not available for review.

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4.7.6 Special

Special display features may be selected from the Special tab.

a. Out of plane offsets - this toggle designates whether or not elements that are offset out of the joint plane are to be displayed in a different color. This option is only applicable when a plane is displayed on the screen.

b. Members w/o properties - this toggle is used to designate whether or not

elements not assigned to a property group are to be displayed in a different color. c. Through members - members designated as through members, X-brace members

or K-brace members may be shown in a different color using this toggle. d. Dummy structure - members defined as part of a Dummy Structure or an

Appurtenance Structure may be displayed in a different color using this toggle, see Section 10.1.11.

e. None - all labeling specified above is removed/turned off.

f. Show rows and elevations - this toggle alternately displays or conceals row and elevation labels. This label is only applicable for structures containing the row and plan definitions created automatically or using the Misc/Leg Define option, see Section 13.4.