BuildingTcl -- addLoad: Difference between revisions

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Commands

addLoadData LoadLabel $LoadLabel

addLoadData LoadTypeLabel $LoadTypeLabel

addLoadData $RequiredArgument1Label $RequiredArgument1Value

addLoadData $RequiredArgument2Label $RequiredArgument2Value

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addLoad

Different LoadTypes have different input arguments:

Arguments

$LoadLabel: Unique Load Label for reference
$LoadTypeLabel: Specifies which LoadType is being used.
$RequiredArgument1Label $RequiredArgument1Value ...: Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific required argument.
$InputArgument1Label $InputArgument1Value …: Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific Input Arguments (Optional)

Notes

The addLoad command must be placed at the end of each Load-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addLoad command and define the Load.

Options

Default Loads

BuildingTcl comes with a set of pre-loaded Default Loads. It is recommended that the user modify these pre-loaded AnalysisModela and save them under a new name. The library of loads is not complete with the default Loads alone, though, since no default can be created for a file-input ground motion.

The following Loads are available:

DefaultGravity: Unscaled gravity load
DefaultPushover: Pushover in the X direction to a maximum displacement of 1.0
DefaultUniformSine: Uniform ground-motion input sine wave in X direction, with acceleration amplitude of 1.0, Period of 1.0, duration of 1.0

Examples

BuildingTcl -- addLoadCombination

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 ==Arguments ==
-*'''$LoadLabel''':	Unique Load Label for reference
+;$LoadLabel
+:Unique Load Label for reference
+;$LoadTypeLabel
+:Specifies which LoadType is being used.
+;$RequiredArgument1Label $RequiredArgument1Value ...
+:Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific required argument.
+;$InputArgument1Label $InputArgument1Value …
+:Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific Input Arguments (Optional)
-*'''$LoadTypeLabel''':	Specifies which LoadType is being used.
-*'''$RequiredArgument1Label $RequiredArgument1Value ...''' :Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific required argument.
+==Notes ==
+The addLoad command must be placed at the end of each Load-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addLoad command and define the Load.
-*'''$InputArgument1Label $InputArgument1Value …''' :	Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific Input Arguments (Optional)
+==Options ==
-==Notes ==
+==Default Loads ==
+BuildingTcl comes with a set of pre-loaded Default Loads.
+It is recommended that the user modify these pre-loaded AnalysisModela and save them under a new name.
+The library of loads is not complete with the default Loads alone, though, since no default can be created for a file-input ground motion.
-The addLoad command must be placed at the end of each Load-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addLoad command and define the Load.
+The following Loads are available:
+;DefaultGravity
+:Unscaled gravity load
+;DefaultPushover
+:Pushover in the X direction to a maximum displacement of 1.0
+;DefaultUniformSine
+:Uniform ground-motion input sine wave in X direction, with acceleration amplitude of 1.0, Period of 1.0, duration of 1.0
-==Options ==
+== Examples ==
+*[[BuildingTcl -- addLoad Examples -- Static Lateral Loads]]
+*[[BuildingTcl -- addLoad Examples -- Dynamic Lateral Loads]]