Objective: Apply the section loads calculated by the Section Cut tool to a Non-FEA Beam Zone for section-based Sizing and Analysis.
Creating a Section Cut involves selecting elements along a particular plane to define the section boundaries. This operation is initiated from the Structure tab of the Ribbon, and can be completed in several different ways. See Section Cut Creation.
This operation can be launched in two places:
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From the Analysis tab of the Ribbon.
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Select the Section Cut that contains the desired loads.
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Click 'Section Cut Loads to Beam'.
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From the Section Cut Loads Form.
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On the Section Cut Editor, select 'FBD Loads'.
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The 'Section Cut Loads to Beam' button can be found on the top right-hand corner of the resulting form.
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The automated operation in step (2) performs two tasks:
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A Non-FEA Beam entity is created in the location of the Section Cut plane. Verify using the Structure Tree to 'Show Only' this new beam and the corresponding Section Cut.
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A FEA-Like User Defined load scenario is created and applied to the beam. Verify by locating the Section Cut Loads under the 'Loads - User FEA' category in the Property Tree.
There is a load scenario for each active Design Load in the Project. In the case of the example shown below, there are 20 scenarios made from the 10 original Design Load Cases - the first ten represent the cases assessed at limit load (limit = 1, ultimate = 0), the remaining represent the cases assessed at ultimate (limit = 0, ultimate = 1). Any safety factors applied on the original Design Lhave already been 'baked-in' to the beam-level loads applied.
While HyperX can automatically generate the beam and its corresponding loads, the user is still responsible for defining the appropriate design space and failure criteria. See Beam Design Properties and Beam Analysis Properties, respectively.