GGU-SLAB: "Beams" menu item

After you have defined an FEM mesh you can define beams along nodes of the FEM mesh. Their stiffness can later be taken into consideration during the slab calculations. This can be useful when taking the influence of footing beams or similar elements into account, for example. In principle, it is also possible to model a footing beam by thickening the slab in the appropriate areas.

After completing node selection by pressing the [Return] key a dialog box opens for assigning the defined beam a material number. If there are several footing beams in the system, with differing thicknesses and/or widths, for example, you can assign a different material number for each type.

The defined beams are shown with the appropriate material number in the graphics. The colour and width of the lines can be edited using the "Graphics preferences/Pen colour and width" menu item.

If you need to delete certain beams, click on these beams once again. Individual sections of the defined beam are deleted using the "Delete old beam" button, i.e. some of the defined beam may remain.