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Truss not showing any forces in the top chord

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:59:16 GMT

The trusses on my model are not showing any axial forces in the top chords. This is obviously not the case in reality, the loads have been applied by a cladding panel with no stiffness so the forces are not being transferrerd into the panel above. I think it must be a results viewing issue, but I am not sure how to sort it.

I appreciate the help, my model is in the link below:

https://bigfilebox.akt-uk.com/lwt/4333-BFh3k6VAbLcOViWKY8hRKrWKQ

Thanks

Henry

Re: Truss not showing any forces in the top chord

Rafal.Gaweda — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:39:23 GMT

Delete rigid link from roof plane

Re: Truss not showing any forces in the top chord

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:51:16 GMT

Rafal, Thank you for your help. In the future when I am anticipating axial forces in certain members I will steer clear of rigid links!