default units?

liufeng19 · Post by **liufeng19** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:16 am

Are the default units in opensee international units or British measurement units?

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:26 am

the program is dimensionless, meaning you have to input everything in consistent units, you decide.
the units-definition in the examples manual sets up variables that act as scaling factors so you can "use" units in your input.
again, the program (like most fea programs) is dimensionless.

liufeng19 · Post by **liufeng19** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:18 pm

i understood, it means input is consistent with the output.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:41 am

yes!!!