
Input program - General overview 3.1 Starting the Input program 3.1.1 New project 3.1.2 Existing project 3.1.3 Importing a geometry 3.1.4 Packing a project 3.2 Layout of the Input program 3.3 Menus in the Menu bar 3.3.1 File menu 3.3.2 Edit menu 3.3.3 View menu 3.3.4 Geometry menu 3.3.5 Loads menu 3.3.6 Materials menu 3.3.7 Mesh menu 3.3.8 Help menu 3.4 Geometry 3.4.1 Points and lines 3.4.2 Plates 3.4.3 Embedded pile row 3.4.4 Geogrids 3.4.5 Interfaces 3.4.6 Node-to-node anchors 3.4.7 Fixed-end anchors 3.4.8 Tunnels 3.4.9 Hinges and rotation springs 3.4.10 Drains 3.4.11 Wells 3.5 Loads and boundary conditions 3.5.1 Standard fixities 3.5.2 Standard earthquake boundaries 3.5.3 Standard absorbent boundaries (dynamics) 3.5.4 Set dynamic load system 3.5.5 Fixities 3.5.6 Rotation fixities (plates) 3.5.7 Absorbent boundaries 3.5.8 Prescribed displacements 3.5.9 Distributed loads 3.5.10 Point loads 3.5.11 Bending momentsġ5 15 16 20 20 21 23 25 25 26 26 26 27 28 28 28 29 29 30 32 36 37 40 40 41 46 47 48 48 48 49 49 49 49 50 50 50 52 53 54ĭesign approaches 3.6.1 Definition of design approaches 3.6.2 Definition of partial factors for loads 3.6.3 Definition of partial factors for materials Mesh generation 3.7.1 Basic element type 3.7.2 Global coarseness 3.7.3 Global refinement 3.7.4 Local coarseness 3.7.5 Local refinement 3.7.6 Automatic refinement General information 2.1 Units and sign conventions 2.2 File handling 2.3 Help facilities
