Show Link Force Diagrams

Form:  Member Force Diagram for NLLinks

Use the Home > Display > Show Link Force Diagrams command to display force diagrams for links on the active window.

  1. Click the Home > Display > Show Link Force Diagrams command to display the Member Force Diagram for NLLinks  form. Use the form to specify the parameters for the display.

For steady-state load cases only, choose the phase angle for which results are to be shown, or choose Magnitude to view the resultant of the in-phase and out-of-phase components.

CSiBridge calculates the scale factor as a multiple of the default font size. The advantage to determining the scale factor as a multiple of the default font size is that the default font size is limited by a specified minimum and maximum size that is specified using the Orb > Settings > Tolerances command. This helps keep the automatically determined scale factor within a reasonable range most of the time. If the automatic scale factor seems to cause a display problem, use the Scale Factor option and specify a factor.

See Also

Link Element Internal Forces