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This page contains answers to common questions handled by our support
staff, along with some tips and tricks that we have found useful and presented here as
questions.
Note: In these answers we will follow a few shorthand conventions for
describing user-interface procedures. Key combinations will be presented like this:
Ctrl+Alt+Delete, which means that you should press and hold down the Control key, the Alt
key, and the Delete key at the same time. Menu selections will be presented like this:
File->Open, which means that you should open the File menu, and then make the Open
selection.
Setup, General and
Customization:
WinSCADS3 is running in
DEMO mode-- What should I do?
Problem: After installing the new WinSCADS version
3.0, "DEMO Version" keeps coming up, even though
the key is installed on the parallel port.
Solution: The rainbow driver did not get installed and registered
on your system during the WinSCADS installation. To
install the rainbow driver follow the procedure below.
On the WinSCADS installation CD, in the folder "SuperProNet
ComboInstaller" , double click on "setup.exe" and follow
instructions.
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How do I customize
WinSCADS settings?
Use Menu selection Tools->Options
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Can I get printed copies of the on-line help documents?
In folder WinSCADS\PDF, you will find 'pdf' documents for all on-line help
files. Use Acrobat Reader to open/print the files.
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How can I customize
WinSCADS to use MicroStationJ?
See Menu selection Tools->Update MS Graphics Programs
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How can I customize WinSCADS to use
different structural analysis packages?
Click Help->Help Index and Contents. Select the "Contents"
tab and then double Click topic "Analysis Program Setup". You
can also view same information on WionSCADS/PDF/engins.pdf
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GEOM text editor delay: I
am using the text editor for GEOM. There is considerable delay when
scrolling down through the input, up to 1.25 seconds. Is there a
setting I need to change?
In the bottom, right side of the GEOM Input Window, left click on "Disable
Floor Find". While scrolling down, WinScads is continuously
trying to find the floor you are currently editing.
Disabling this feature will remove any delay while
scrolling. If you want to find out what floor the current input relates to, just
left click "Enable Floor Find".
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Analysis/Design
Questions:
Errors running old data
files from Winscads database ...
I've retrieved an old file from the WinScads data base, ran the current version of Winscads up to and including Code Check. I received
the following
error:
ERROR DETECTED FROM SCOFOR() - LRFD CODE .....................
PLEASE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCOM LABEL IS LIMITED TO 30 CHARACTERS LONG.
THE STATUS OF THE CURRENT FORCE DATA OF EACH SCOM: .........
The current version of Code Check will not accept commas(
, ) between load cases. Replace all commas with the
plus mark ( + ). Example:
BD,ED,BL,WIND N
change to
BD+ED+BL+WIND N
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PDstrudl runs for long
time ....
I'm using PD-Strudl as the analysis
engine. For some reason the analysis is taking
a very long time to run. What's wrong?
You may be running with the tension only option for X-braces. The analysis program do multiple runs until it is able to find the condition
that all the X-braces are not taking compression. If you
would rather analyze and design the X-braces for tension
and compression, put the letter "C" in field 3
of the XBRA command. You may also override this condition by providing
the command "NOMPC" in the PreSTATIC input.
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PDstrudl warnings ...
At the bottom of analysis output file the following
messages shows for several
members, but in the "log file" errors are not mentioned, is this OK?
please inform me the cause of this message:
*** STRUDL WARNING - NOT ENOUGH PROPERTIES AVAILABLE TO COMPUTE STRESSES FOR
BENDING Y OF MEMBER 710 FOR AT LEAST ONE SECTION - STRESS COMPUTATION
TERMINATED FOR ENTIRE MEMBER.
You can ignore these warnings. Strudl is not used to compute
stresses. Member forces are transferred to Scads.
This member is probably a brace (i.e. compression or tension
member - no bending.
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How can I specify a built-up section in
Winscads?
The "user table " is used to specify non-standard section properties.
You would need to add something similar to the following
in the User Table input form (Click on the "User
Table" tab on the Geom input form):
COMBINE
STD
CHECK = NO
AMSTL
USERT
STD
REM ONE SPECIAL BUILD UP SECTION FOR MEMBER 8028/EL08
REM W21X101 + 16"X1" PLATE ON TOP & BOTTOM
1
1 WB WM21X101 D=23.36 B=12.29 TF=1.8 TW=.5 K=2.56 A=61.8 IX=6420 SX=549 RX=10.2
IY=557 SY=90.6 RY=3.0 SC=1 ZX=525 ZY=137.1 J=48.6 CW=64716.4 DN=21
END
Also in Geom input , add the word "USERT" in the UNIT command :
For the size, in this example you would use WM21x101. You can also find help on
this subject under "User Steel Table"
UNIT INPUT STD OUTPUT STD CODE BSI SECT USERT
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British code ...
The British code permit to modify the effective length of
the bracing under some circumstances, How Can I do it in Scads?
Use the "UBL" command.
I have used the "DIAG 21" command but in the
" Analysis Output" I can not find the British parameters. Do I
have to include other additional lines?
This can create a very large output file, you may want to make a run and specify just a few members rather than all. i.e.
PRINT MEM FLOOR elev_id (BLOCK block_id) member list $ report only the
listed members
PRINT MEM FLOOR elev_id ALL $ report only the members on
the floor
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Size Error ... I am getting an
error from the following size command:
SIZE
MC10X6.5 120 121 122 123
ISIZE ERROR * CARD IGNORED. CAN'T FIND SECTION MC10X6.5 IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
SECTION TABLES: AMSTL
Add "PART C" before MC10X6.5 in field 4:
SIZE
PART C MC10X6.5 120 121 122 123
Scads does not recognize an MC shape as C shape. By adding "PART
C", Scads knows to look in the C table for the MC shape. A similar
situation occurs with an S shape. S shapes are in the W Table and therefore
in order for Scads to find the shape, you need to add "PART WB" in
front of the shape designation. This is the case whenever a section name
(S4X7.7) does not start with the shape type (W). For additional
information see Help "SIZE".
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