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Frame Designer

2D frames and trusses with steel members: reactions, moment, shear, axial force and deflection.

Joints

Positions in feet; y is up.

Jointx (ft)y (ft)Support

Members

Steel members, rigidly connected at the joints and bending about the shape’s strong axis. Self-weight is included.

MemberStartEndShape typeShape

Joint loads

Forces in kips, + to the right and up. Moments in kip-ft, + counterclockwise.

JointFx (k)Fy (k)M (k·ft)

Member loads

Kips per foot of member length, varying from the start joint to the end joint. Down is + downward, sideways is + to the right, and perpendicular is + toward the member’s right side going from its start to its end.

MemberDirectionStart (k/ft)End (k/ft)