Moment releases

[zhwang]

In the releases&Offsets part, what is the meaning of M2a, M3a and M2b, M3b? What is the difference between them? And what is F and Mt?
Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Summer

[huffte]

M2a - the moment at the 'a' end of the member with respect to the local '2' axis, which can be viewed in the member plot options if you forget how you defined the member.

M3a - the moment at the 'a' end of the member with respect to the local '3' axis.

M2b, M3b - the respective moments at the 'b' end of the member.

F - the force in the direction of the member longitudinal axis.

Mt - the torsional moment about the longitudinal axis of the member.

Best of luck zhwang.

[zhwang]

Hi huffte,

Thank you very much for your kind explanation.