Link/Support Properties

Form:  Link/Support Properties

Use the Assign menu > Link/Support > Link/Support Properties command to assign link properties to a link object drawn using the Draw menu > Draw 1 Joint  Link, Draw menu > Draw 2 Joint Link Element, and Draw menu > Quick Draw Link commands.

  1. Select the object(s) to be assigned a link property.

  2. Click the Assign menu > Link/Support > Link/Support Properties command to display the Link/Support Properties form.

  3. Highlight the name of a previously defined link property in the Properties display list.

  4. Click the OK button to assign the selected link property to the selected object.

If desired, used the buttons on the form to add, modify, or delete link property definitions. Use of those buttons is described in the Define Link/Support Properties topic.

Each named property exhibits dual behavior: a set of linear properties for linear analyses, and a set of nonlinear properties for nonlinear analyses.

 

See Also

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