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Why you should buy STRAP
GEOMETRY
INPUT:
The
input wizards quickly create many standard types of ‘parameterised’ structure.
‘Fastmenus” speed editing with a right-hand mouse click.
Cylindrical and Cartesian co-ordinates can be mixed.
Models
can be merged to form larger models, with scaling if applicable.
Nodes,
beams and elements may be copied complete with their properties.
Models
may be generated to fit mathematical equations.
 FE
meshes may be automatically generated to user constraints and with
openings.
Nodes,
beams/elements are easily removed from the display for clarity.
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Section
orientation may be shown diagrammatically or by fully rendered
images.
Nodes,
beams and elements can be checked for inadvertent duplication.
Multiple
views can be saved and restored with up to four viewing windows.
LOADING
INPUT:
 Loads
are shown graphically, to scale and by type.
Self-weight may be automatically applied including a percentage taken
horizontally.
Global
Area loads make it easy to apply patterns of loading to surfaces – user
decides how loading is distributed (to nodes, beams or elements) – including
one way distribution if required. Patterns can be stored.
Linearly
varying loads can be applied over a beam string.
Multiple
(identical) loads can be edited individually or simultaneously.
Moving
loads and adjacent/alternate span loadcases can be generated automatically.
Loadings
can be copied from one part of a model to another.
RESULTS
OUTPUT:
 A right
mouse-click gives instant results for a selected beam.
Output
units can be different from input units.
Beam
results can be obtained at up to 20 points in span.
Deflections can be animated.
Extensive processing of results is possible, including many sorting options
and post-processing of load combinations.
Results
may be presented along user defined section lines in elements. Output
can be limited by a range of techniques including zoom and remove. Wood and Armer design moments are standard for plate elements.
Printed
reports can include user defined drawings.
CONCRETE
DESIGN AND DETAILING:
Ever wanted
something for nothing! Well, STRAP's intelligent RC Design module takes
almost all its input from existing model data. It even identifies beam and
column strings, automatically sizing supports on the basis of member
dimensions. All design envelopes are taken from the STRAP results and used
with user defined defaults to size main, shear and compression
reinforcement. A deflection check is included. V12.5, has optional column, beam
and slab detailing with schedule production.
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