I have tried to make a unique section using the section wizard. I have no problem creating the shape, exporting to STAAD, adding it to a new user table and then assigning. However when I try to run a simple analysis just to see if it will correctly associate and analyze the shape I get 2 errors saying (1) that the file cannot be found - although the .upt file is located in the same folder as the STAAD model, and (2) that the section properties cannot be read - however I calculated them in the section wizard and can open the .upt file with notepad. Why is the file not found or readable?
My input file is as follows:
STAADSPACE
STARTJOBINFORMATION
ENGINEERDATE23-Aug-17
ENDJOBINFORMATION
INPUTWIDTH79
UNITINCHESKIP
JOINTCOORDINATES
1000; 21000;
MEMBERINCIDENCES
112;
STARTUSERTABLE
TABLE1Tee.upt
END
DEFINEMATERIALSTART
ISOTROPICSTEEL
E29000
POISSON0.3
DENSITY0.000283
ALPHA6e-006
DAMP0.03
TYPESTEEL
STRENGTHFY36FU58RY1.5RT1.2
ENDDEFINEMATERIAL
MEMBERPROPERTY
1UPTABLE1Tee
CONSTANTS
MATERIALSTEELALL
LOAD1LOADTYPEDeadTITLEDEADLOAD
SELFWEIGHTY-1LISTALL
PERFORMANALYSIS
STEELMEMBERTAKEOFFLISTALL
FINISH
My output file is as follows:
1. STAAD SPACE
INPUT FILE: C:\Users\nbrooks\STAAD\TestSection.STD
2. START JOB INFORMATION
3. ENGINEER DATE 23-AUG-17
4. END JOB INFORMATION
5. INPUT WIDTH 79
6. UNIT INCHES KIP
7. JOINT COORDINATES
8. 1 0 0 0; 2 10 0 0
9. MEMBER INCIDENCES
10. 1 1 2
11. START USER TABLE
12. TABLE 1 TEE.UPT
13. END
14. DEFINE MATERIAL START
15. ISOTROPIC STEEL
16. E 29000
17. POISSON 0.3
18. DENSITY 0.000283
19. ALPHA 6E-006
20. DAMP 0.03
21. TYPE STEEL
22. STRENGTH FY 36 FU 58 RY 1.5 RT 1.2
23. END DEFINE MATERIAL
24. MEMBER PROPERTY
25. 1 UPTABLE 1 TEE
*** ERROR : FILE NOT FOUND C:\User
**ERROR- IN READING MEMBER PROPERTIES. CHECK DATA FORMAT CAREFULLY.
*********** END OF THE STAAD.Pro RUN ***********
The files are all located in C:\User\nbrooks\STAAD I am not sure why it does not print the entire location name, is that part of the problem?