Tension in cables

[Anonymous]

I can't view the tension in the cables after the calculations. I have connected the cables between nodes, as you can see in the attachment file. Can you please look at my model or give me some advice? It's just self-weight for now, but I'm going to test several loadcases, so i need to know the tension for every load case. 

[Artur.Kosakowski]

You should look at the bar diagrams or the forces table rather than maps.

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[Anonymous]

Yes, but I only get forces in the FX direction. The cables should have forces in the FY and FX direction too. How do I get  them??

[Rafal.Gaweda]

No, cables have only FX.

Take a look here:

http://docs.autodesk.com/RSA/2013/ENU/filesROBOT/GUID-A761540B-9E96-4760-AF04-47E22059B834.htm

[Anonymous]

of course, I knew that 😛 But when I try different diameters from 60 mm to 80 mm on my cables the Fx force increases. Is this because the Fx value in the results shows the capasity of my cable??

Can you see if the capasity of the caples is reached?

[Anonymous]

What I mean is that the tension (kN) in the cables should be the same, no matter the size on the diameter of the cable, when the load is the same... !!?? But why do the tension increase along with the diameter of the cable??