Form: Member Force Diagram for NLLinks
Use the Display menu > Show Forces/Stresses > Links command to display force diagrams for links on the active window.
Click the Display menu > Show Forces/Stresses > Links command to display the Member Force Diagram for NLLinks form. Use the form to specify the parameters for the display.
Case/Combo Name drop-down list. Select the Load Case or Combination to be displayed.
Multivalued Options. For multi-mode cases, choose the mode number for which results are to be shown. For multi-step cases, choose the step number, time step, or frequency step; or choose Envelope to view the maximum or minimum results over all steps.
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.
Component options. Select the desired member force component, (i.e, Axial Force, Shear 2-2, Shear 3-3, Torsion, Moment 2-2, or Moment 3-3).
Scaling options. Select the Auto option to have SAP2000 automatically determine a scaling factor. Select the Scale Factor option to specify a scale factor.
SAP2000 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 Option menu > Preference > Dimensions/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.
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