All objects belonging to the slab of a defined story are automatically grouped with this slab in a Floor set. The floor sets are listed by story in the Navigator - Data.
The objects are designated in the Navigator with a specific syntax. For example, the entry "0.1 - 5" designates the story 0 with the floor set 1, which manages all objects for the slab surface no. 5.
Properties of a Floor Set
By double-clicking a Navigator entry, you can check the properties of the floor set in a dialog box.
The surfaces of the story slab are specified in the Surfaces No. section.
Parameters
In this section, you see the number of the story and the members that may be present in the slab of the story. Furthermore, you can check which objects – surfaces, members, solids – are assigned to the story below the slab.
With the button
, you can display the objects of the floor set in the model view.
Information
In this section, you can find specific information about the current floor set. The analytical information about the story is listed in the first value column, and the information calculated based on the generated FE mesh is provided in the second column.
Properties of the Slab of a Floor Set
When a floor set is created, the properties of the surface representing the slab in the floor set are adjusted. You can check the changes in the "Edit Surface" dialog box.
In the 'Stiffness Type' section, the modeling type you specified in the Story modeling is entered.
You can check the parameters for the load transfer in the Load Transfer tab.
If necessary, you can adjust the 'Load transfer direction' and, for example, specify an orthotropic distribution. Furthermore, it is possible to exclude certain objects – members, lines, or nodes – from the load transfer. Use the graphic selection via the button
for this.