Linear Construction stages

Procedure to run Linear Construction stages Call menu function Calculation, Mesh > Calculation. Select Construction stages analysis by check-box on the left side. As you can see this part includes also Type of Construction stages and number of stages which will be run: 9 (Linear)

Click [OK] to start the calculation.

Specify Last construction stage for calculation

There is nice use case (typically for more complicated bridges construction method) to run just limited amount of stages which must go step by step only. New option Specify Last construction stage for calculation is available in Calculation dialogue > Solver setup > Specify Last construction stage for calculation where its possible to select particular stage from the library. After confirming this dialogue really just stages till the selected one are calculated and other stages are not.

As you can see; 7 stages will be run only.

Note: When the Time Dependent Analysis is started, the program may issue a warning that some solver and mesh parameters must be re-adjusted in order to meet the analysis requirements. You may either select the automatic re-adjustment and continue with the calculation, or cancel the calculation and make manual adjustment according to chapters Mesh setup and Calculation setup.