User manual RISA TECHNOLOGIES SECTION

[. . . ] RISASection Rapid Interactive Structural Analysis ­ Section Definer Version 1. 1 ­ General Reference 26632 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 210 Foothill Ranch, California 92610 (949) 951-5815 (949) 951-5848 (FAX) www. risatech. com Copyright 2010 by RISA Technologies, LLC All rights reserved. No portion of the contents of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any means without the express written permission of RISA Technologies, LLC. The RISASection software has been written by Naveed Anwar, managing director of Asian Center for Engineering Computations and Software (ACECOMS), at the Asian Institute of Technology. We have done our best to insure that the material found in this publication is both useful and accurate. [. . . ] Opens Edit Shape Layout to locate the shapes by specifying coordinates and angles. Opens the Shape Editor Form for the current shape. The Shape Editor is used to modify the dimensions and properties of the current shape. Toggle Dims Toggles the display of overall dimensions of the Section in the Main Drawing Area. Rotate Group Rotate Clock Rotate Counter Flip Horiz Flip Vertical Align Left Align Center Align Right Align Top Align Middle Align Bottom Stack Vertical Stack Horizontal Show/Hide Grid Modify Grids Snap to This command will rotate the selected group of Shapes by the amount you specify. Rotates the selected Shape by 90 degrees in the clockwise direction. Rotates the selected Shape by 90 degrees in the counter-clockwise direction. Flips the selected shape about a vertical axis. Flips the selected shape about a horizontal axis. Aligns the selected Shapes on their left edge. The alignment is done with respect to the least value of the x-coordinate of the first selected shape. Aligns the selected Shapes along the vertical centerline. The alignment is done with respect to the x-centroid of the first selected shape. Aligns the selected Shapes on their right edge. The alignment is done with respect to the highest value of the x-coordinate of the first selected shape. Aligns the selected Shapes on their top edge. The alignment is done with respect to maximum value of the y-coordinate of first selected shape. Aligns the selected Shapes along the horizontal centerline. The alignment is done with respect to the y-centroid of first selected shape. Aligns the selected Shapes along bottom edge. The alignment is done with respect to the lowest value of the y-coordinate of the first selected shape. Stacks the selected Shape vertically, one on top of the other. Stacks the selected Shape horizontally, side-by-side. [. . . ] We want our users to be able to reach us when they are having difficulties with the program. However, this service is not to be used as a way to avoid learning the program or learning how to perform structural modeling in general. (Pacific Standard Time) Monday through Friday Before contacting technical support, you should typically do the following: Please search the Help File or General Reference Manual. Most questions asked about RISASection are already answered in the Help File or General Reference Manual. [. . . ]