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The preparation of a model is rarely completed simply by insertion of new entities such as 1D members, slabs, loads, supports, etc. Most likely you will need to modify the inserted objects in some way in order to create the model you really need.
SCIA Engineer provides a whole range of functions for moving of entities. For some intriguing manipulations the functions may have to be combined in order to obtain the required effect. Sometimes, there may be a few ways to obtain the same result. If so, it will be solely on the user which concrete procedure will be selected and carried out.
The move operations can be sorted by:
the entity type which is being moved,
the trajectory followed by the entity that is being moved.
move of a geometric entity the description of which is given below,
move of an additional-data entity (such as load, support, etc.) which is described in a separate chapter.
Thus, for geometric entities one can use the following set of move functions:
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(Simple) Move |
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Rotation |
Rotation by means of changing one vertex location |
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In addition to move of entities, some other modification functions can be applied, such as copying, deleting, changing of dimensions, connecting and disconnecting of members, dividing and joining of members, etc. These functions are described in separate chapters.
Tip: If the modification is supposed to be done with a large or complex model or if the modification itself is going to be rather excessive, it is highly recommended to make a backup copy of the project prior to the intended changes. The program contains UNDO function, nevertheless, it is always better to have got a backup copy so that one can:
return to the original if the manipulations lead to a state that is even less suitable than the original,
compare the results of both variants if the results of the modified structure may seem to be strange or unexpected.
Note: Please, note that any kind of model modification will lead to the necessity to carry our all the previously performed calculations once more because the change in the structure geometry, the re-positioning of load, and the modification of boundary conditions do result in a different distribution of internal forces.