ADDBNODE

 

Purpose:  Used to define nodes that are on bracing but not on girders in parallel/concentric geometry Girder System Projects (Not applicable to Line Girder Projects.)

 

-->   Given in girder system input

 

A list of values given in sets of three, which describes where a node is to be placed on a brace.  The first value in the set is the lower number of the two girders the brace connects.  The second is the brace number (of the braces between the lower numbered and all higher numbered girders) from the beginning of the girder.  The third value of each set is the distance (feet or meters) along the brace from the lower numbered girder where the node is to be placed. 

 

Used in conjunction with ADDSUP to place supports that are not immediately beneath girders but instead between girders along pier caps, for example.

 

 

Related topic:

Layout Definition Input Reference