BuildingTcl -- addLoad

Commands

addLoadData LoadLabel $LoadLabel

addLoadData LoadTypeLabel $LoadTypeLabel

addLoadData $RequiredArgument1Label $RequiredArgument1Value

addLoadData $RequiredArgument2Label $RequiredArgument2Value

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addLoad

Different LoadTypes have different input arguments:

Arguments

$LoadLabel: Unique Load Label for reference
$LoadTypeLabel: Specifies which LoadType is being used.
$RequiredArgument1Label $RequiredArgument1Value ...: Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific required argument.
$InputArgument1Label $InputArgument1Value …: Labels and corresponding values for LoadModel-specific Input Arguments (Optional)

Notes

The addLoad command must be placed at the end of each Load-data definition, as it takes all data defined since the last addLoad command and define the Load.

Options

Default Loads

BuildingTcl comes with a set of pre-loaded Default Loads. It is recommended that the user modify these pre-loaded AnalysisModela and save them under a new name. The library of loads is not complete with the default Loads alone, though, since no default can be created for a file-input ground motion.

The following Loads are available:

DefaultGravity: Unscaled gravity load
DefaultPushover: Pushover in the X direction to a maximum displacement of 1.0
DefaultUniformSine: Uniform ground-motion input sine wave in X direction, with acceleration amplitude of 1.0, Period of 1.0, duration of 1.0

Examples

BuildingTcl -- addLoadCombination

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