Hi at all.

I´m sitting in my classroom, my students are working and there is a little bit time
to explaine the z88i2.txt file to handle the loads.

The file consist of more ore less textlines with numbers.
every line of numbers is a subcase named in german: RBD = Randbedingung

9 < there is only one number in this line to count the RBD>

Now we fix a node:
5 1 2 0

5 < number of node>
1 < x-axis>
2 < way>
0 < no movement>

5 2 2 0 < the same as above in y-axis>
5 3 2 0 < z-axis>

If we set a way like 5 2 2 8 then we will have loads in the strukture.

We fix an other node:
9 1 2 0
9 2 2 0
9 3 2 0

We put a load at node number 18 in negativ direction
18 3 1 -8500

18 < number of node>
3 < z-axis>
1 < we have a load>
8500 < if take the positiv direction>

The third node may slide in x-axis because that the structure will bend.
It is only fixed in 2 axis.
27 2 2 0
27 3 2 0

It is importend that the RBD follows the numbers of the nodes.
123458 is o.k.
128534 is not o.k.

The result is now.
....................................
9
5 1 2 0
5 2 2 0
5 3 2 0
9 1 2 0
9 2 2 0
9 3 2 0
18 3 1 -8500
27 2 2 0
27 3 2 0
.....................................

z88i2.txt we save in the main folder together with z88i1.txt and run the calculation.

Now we start our "over the thumb" calculation for the loads and searching the right nodes to set it in the rigth
directions.

Bye for now
Hans