Example Description

This example uses a cantilever beam to test this model frame insertion point. In this model the frame insertion point is defined by a combination of a cardinal point and joint offsets.
This example uses a 12 inch wide by 18 inch deep section. The cardinal point is specified to be at the bottom left corner of the section (cardinal point location 1) and global Z direction joint offsets of +12 inches are specified at each end of the beam.
Two load cases are considered. The first load case has a 10 kip compressive load applied to the joint at the free end of the cantilever. The second load case applies the 10 kip compressive load to the free end of the frame object (not the joint).
The fixed end moments and the maximum beam moments are compared with independent hand calculated results for the two load cases.

Tested Features

Frame cardinal point
Joint offsets

Results Comparison

Library Link:

https://bim.aecbolt.com/objidmwewwst1e5rqofvjohj5v.libobj

Load Case	Output Parameter	AEC\|BOLT BIM Cloud App	SAP2000	Independent	Percent Difference (SAP2000 vs Independent)	Percent Difference (AEC\|BOLT BIM Cloud App vs Independent)
1	My (beam max) (k-in)	210	210	210	0%	0%
1	Mz (beam max) (k-in)	60	60	60	0%	0%
2	My (beam max) (k-in)	0	0	0	0%	0%
2	Mz (beam max) (k-in)	0	0	0	0%	0%

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