SetLoadTemperature {Tendon Object}

SetLoadTemperature

Syntax

SapObject.SapModel.TendonObj.SetLoadTemperature

VB6 Procedure

Function SetLoadTemperature(ByVal Name As String, ByVal LoadPat As String, ByVal Val As Double, Optional ByVal PatternName As String = "", Optional ByVal Replace As Boolean = True, Optional ByVal ItemType As eItemType = Object) As Long

Parameters

Name

The name of an existing tendon object or group depending on the value of the ItemType item.

LoadPat

The name of a defined load pattern.

Val

This is the temperature change value. [T]

PatternName

This is blank or the name of a defined joint pattern. If it is blank, the temperature load for the tendon object is uniform along the object at the value specified by Val.

If PatternName is the name of a defined joint pattern, the temperature load for the tendon object is based on the specified temperature value multiplied by the pattern value at the joints at each end of the tendon object.

Replace

If this item is True, all previous temperature loads, if any, assigned to the specified tendon object(s), in the specified load case, are deleted before making the new assignment.

ItemType

This is one of the following items in the eItemType enumeration:

Object = 0

Group = 1

SelectedObjects = 2

If this item is Object, the assignment is made to the tendon object specified by the Name item.

If this item is Group, the assignment is made to all tendon objects in the group specified by the Name item.

If this item is SelectedObjects, assignment is made to all selected tendon objects, and the Name item is ignored.

Remarks

This function assigns temperature loads to tendon objects.

The function returns zero if the loads are successfully assigned, otherwise it returns a nonzero value.

VBA Example

Sub AssignTendonTemperatureLoad()

'dimension variables

Dim SapObject as cOAPI

Dim SapModel As cSapModel

Dim ret As Long

Dim Name As String

'create Sap2000 object

Set SapObject = CreateObject("CSI.SAP2000.API.SapObject")

'start Sap2000 application

SapObject.ApplicationStart

'create SapModel object

Set SapModel = SapObject.SapModel

'initialize model

ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel

'create model from template

ret = SapModel.File.New2DFrame(PortalFrame, 2, 144, 2, 288)

'add tendon object by points

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.AddByPoint("3", "9", Name)

'assign tendon temperature load

ret = SapModel.TendonObj.SetLoadTemperature("ALL", "DEAD", 50, , , Group)

'close Sap2000

SapObject.ApplicationExit False

Set SapModel = Nothing

Set SapObject = Nothing

End Sub

Release Notes

Initial release in version 11.00.

Changed nomenclature from Load Cases, Analysis Cases and Response Combinations to Load Patterns, Load Cases and Load Combinations, respectively, in version 12.00.

See Also

GetLoadTemperature

DeleteLoadTemperature