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Month: June 2014

  • How to extend beam in STAAD.Pro?

    In previous article we saw how to extend beam in ETABS, now let us see how to extend beam in STAAD. Following are the steps to do the same. 1. Select the beam line which you want to extend. 2. Go to geometry → Stretch selected member command. Or select the button shown in the…

  • How to Extend a line in ETABS?

    Many a times we need to extend beams to the perpendicular beams some distance away. In ETABS, we have to follow a procedure to do the same. Following are the steps you need to do in order to extend a line. Select the line and the end point of the side you want to extend…

  • How to find the mass of reinforcing bar quickly?

    Simple way to find the weight of reinforcing bar: The density of steel is 7850 kg/m³. Now let say you want weight per m. then what will be the formulation? Check this out. 7850(kg/m³) x [pi()/4 x d² ](m²)= mass of the bar per m.        (eq. 1) Now resolving this we get 7850 x…