EDUCATION / TRAINING PROGRAM CREATED BY LDS

A PRESENTATION ON THE BASICS OF SAP2000 V15 PART 1 THE BASIC ICONS IN THE INTERFACE EXPLAINED

What is SAP2000?

Version 15

How Are Commands Entered?

Like many other software, the SAP 2000 program commands are entered in two ways: 1. By pointing, i.e., you use the mouse pointer to select menu item, object such as joint, frame, etc. 2. By typing many selections in the drop-down menus cause dialog boxes to appear wherein fields are ready for manual inputting of the required value / parameter. Unlike STAAD, it does not have the editor / text facility wherein you can directly write commands; it only uses the graphical user interface (GUI) as shown next page.

The Interface

The File menu : The first option in the Interface main menu is the File;

click on it to access:

To select an option within the File menu: e.g. to import an AutoCAD dxf file, select Import, then AutoCAD file, as shown:

To export an AutoCAD dxf file (while the File menu is still active), select Export, then AutoCAD file, as shown:

To capture the image in your current SAP2000 screen (while the File menu is still active), select Capture Picture, then SAP2000 Main Window, as shown:

The Edit menu:

The Edit menu:

The Define menu:

The Draw menu:

The Select menu:

The Assign menu:

The Analyze menu:

Click Options to show:

The Display menu:

The Display menu:

The Design menu for steel design option:

The Design menu for concrete design option:

The Options menu:

If you want to change the display option:

Maybe you want to change the background color of the screen:

The Tools menu:

The Help menu:

Maybe you want to read help on springs; click Help, then Contents and Index, then type in Spring in the Index field as shown:

This concludes the tutorial on SAP2000v15 Part1; thank you for reading / learning.

Created by : LDS for GS CAS