The Loads > Functions {Response Spectrum, Time History} panel has a Type > {Response Spectrum, Time History} command, a {Response Spectrum, Time History} expand arrow in the lower right-hand corner, a Current Functions drop-down list, a New command, a Copy command, a Modify command, and a Delete command.
Type > {Response Spectrum, Time History} command. Select the function type to be added, copied, modified, or deleted.
{Response Spectrum, Time History} panel expand arrow. Click the Loads > Type > {Response Spectrum, Time History} > Expand arrow command to display the form for defining a Response Spectrum or Time History function: Define Response Spectrum Functions; Define Time History Functions form. Use that form to add, modify, or delete a function definition.
New command. After selecting the Type > {Response Spectrum, Time History}, click the New command to display a form with a drop-down list; select the type of response spectrum or time history function to be defined. After selecting the appropriate type from this drop-down list, a form will display that can be used to define the selected type of property.
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Type Selected |
Form that displays when New is clicked |
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Response Spectrum |
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Time History |
Response Spectrum, Time History drop-down list. Use the drop-down list to select the property definition to be copied, modified, or deleted using the commands/icons on the panel.
Copy command. Select a property definition from the Current Functions drop-down list. Then, click this command to display one of the forms identified in the table above depending on the type of property definition being copied. The form will be "pre-loaded" with the parameters of the selected property. This adds a new property to the model.
Modify command. Select a property from the Current Functions drop-down list. Click this command to display the form for the selected type of property; use the form to modify the property definition as necessary.
Delete command. Click this command to delete the definition identified in the Current Functions drop-down list.