question about BuildingTcl

[kate]

Hi
when i set element section, there are two different diameters of reinf.Bars in bottom layer. how should i do?
thanks.

[silvia]

you can't do it as it is right now. come up with an average...

[Marie]

Hi Silvia,

Is there any way to input rebar's area manually (predefined bar sizes are too big for my case).

Thanks in advance for your help.

[silvia]

not right now.
what size are you looking at?
can you just use double the size and 1/2 the number?

[silvia]

if you give me the bar name and diameter and area and your email, i will get it to you.

[Marie]

Hi Silvia,

Thank you very much for your prompt response.
I am looking for D3 (diameter = 3 mm, area = 7.0686 E-06 m2). My email address is marie_sipil@yahoo.com/mari0018@e.ntu.edu.sg.
Actually I tried to modify 'thisModelDataArray' file, but I am not so sure whether this is a right way or not.

Speaking of which, one time I got this error message:
expected floating-point number but got "0.225-"
expected floating-point number but got "0.225-"
while executing
"layer straight $iAllMaterialLabelTag($ReinfMaterialLabel) 0 0.00064516 0.225- 0.1 0.225- -0.1"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval "$thisFiberInputDataArray(Type) $thisFiberInputDataArray(MaterialTag) $thisFiberInputDataArray(MidData) $thisFiberInputDataArray(CoordData)" "
("foreach" body line 1)
invoked from within
"foreach {FiberInputLabel thisFiberInputData} $FiberInputData { catch {unset thisFiberInputDataArray}; array set thisFiberInputDataArray " $thisFiber..."
invoked from within
"section Fiber $SectionTag -GJ [expr $G*$J] { foreach {FiberInputLabel thisFiberInputData} $FiberInputData { catch {unset thisFiberInputDataArray}; ..."
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval $BuildSectionCommand"
(procedure "buildModel" line 276)
invoked from within
"buildModel $thisModelLabel"
(procedure "AnalyzeNow" line 277)
invoked from within
"AnalyzeNow"
invoked from within
".wBuildingTclViewer.pwPanes.frame.bAnalyze invoke"
("uplevel" body line 1)
invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"
(procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 24)
invoked from within
"tk::ButtonUp .wBuildingTclViewer.pwPanes.frame.bAnalyze"
(command bound to event)

I suspected it was from the section, when I redefined the (exact) section, there was no error message. Do you have any idea why this could happen? and is there any way to delete unused section/element/elevation model?

Thanking you once again.

[silvia]

Marie,
i really don't have the resources to do this right now.
try to just use what's there, just change the number of bars so you get the same total area.