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Step 1:
Start BauText. Write Position 102: Single span beam made from wood. Finish the line with ENTER and
press ENTER again to insert a blank line. Move the cursor back to the first line and press CTRL+H (or select
Font-style of line-Heading from the shortcut menu).
This opens a dialog querying the Heading Type. Selecting the Font.

Your entry now looks like this:

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Step 2:
The paragraph is now indented. Press ENTER to insert a further Insert blank line. Now write L =3,50 m.
Close the line by selecting the function Calculate line from the shortcut menu or by pressing ALT+ENTER.
The programme now queries the format of the calculation line. Select the option Variable with Text.

Step 3:
Repeat Step 2 for the input of the variables Width b, Height h and kmod. Close each line with the function
Calculate line or by pressing ALT+ENTER, and select the format option Variable with Text.

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Step 4:
The next two lines are text variables ( see also: Text variables This means that you have to put inverted
commas after the ="-sign and after the selected content of the variable. Your input is Wood ="VH" and
Sorting class SC ="S10". After each line, select the function Calculate line and the format option Variable.
If you have licensed the database, you can launch the Assistant for SEL-Funktion after the input of " wood =
". Then you have to select the table "Wood / EC" and select the column "Desc".
After entering these lines, the document looks as follows:

Step 5:
The next line contains a table query. If you do not have the Database module, you should input directly: fm,d.

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=14,77 N/mm.
Otherwise, first write fm,d. =. Then call the assistant for database query, and built TAB("Wood/EC";fm.k;
SC=SC). You find a detailed explanation of table queries under Database module Application. Calculate this
line, too, but select calculation line format: Calculation line long".

Note:
Without the Database module, the allowable stress has to be adjusted whenever the strength grade or wood
type is changed. In that case, the two text variables are moot; they are only taken as additional information
regarding the type of wood and strength grade for which the allowable stress has been selected manually from
printed tables.

Step 6:
Write Dead Load: b * h * 6 / 104 *1,35 kN/m and conclude this entry with the function Calculate line or by
pressing ALT+ENTER. Format this line as Load combination.

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Please note:
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Instead of writing Dead Load:, you could also use the key combination CTRL+G (function InsertAutoText-Dead Load) and BauText enters the text automatically.
To raise the digit 4, prior to writing the digit press CTRL+E (function Format-Raise). You can also use
the button for raising characters
.
You can enter the unit of measurement either directly after the formula or select it from the following
window (see Step 2).
If you had made a typing error, you can edit a finished calculation line by calling up the function
Modify calculation line from the shortcut menu, or by pressing ALT+ENTER to switch to edit mode.
After that you can once again calculate the line with Calculate line (ALT+ENTER).

Follow the same procedure for the other load entries. Instead of writing Imposed Load:, you can also press
CTRL+A, or select the function Insert-AutoText-Imposed Load. There is no need to enter the units of
measurement for the following calculation lines, as BauText automatically uses the one last entered.
After entering these five calculation lines, your document should look like the one below. Please make sure
that there is a blank line before and one after these lines. If not, insert them with CTRL+K (Edit-Line-Insert
blank line). The blank line is inserted before the line in which the cursor is placed.

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Step 7:
Now the results of the calculation lines are to be added. To that end, place the cursor on any load combination
line and press key F12 (Calculate-Design Table-Generate). Enter s^tq into the following window. BauText
adds the calculation lines and displays the result. You can also select these five lines with your mouse (it does
not matter whether you select all lines completely) or select the function Design Table-Generate from the
shortcut menu.
The Variable sd can now be used in further calculations.

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Step 8:
Now write the other calculation lines. Conclude each line with Calculate line or ALT+ENTER. Select the
format Calculation line short. You can use all of the previously entered variables. Don't forget to change the
unit of measurement from line to line.

Please note:
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The symbols and may be on your keyboard. If not, you can write them with ALT GR+2 or
respectively ALT GR+3.
In order to lower the index B, prior to writing the B, press CTRL+I (function Format-Set font-StyleLower). You can also use the button for lowering characters

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As the last step, format the result of the final calculation line. To that end, select the text 0.80 < 1.00, using
either the mouse or the keyboard. If you use the mouse, place the cursor to the left before the text and press
the left mouse button, then move the mouse to the right. If you use the keyboard, place the cursor before the
text. Press the SHIFT-key() and at the same time the cursor key to the right (>).
Once the text is highlighted, press
and
(functions Format-Set font-Style-Bold and Format-Set fontStyle-Underline) or respectively CTRL+B and CTRL+U, or select the relevant functions from the shortcut
menu.
You can now print this file, save it as a position or save it as a template.
In our office, we save positions under the project name in the project directory. If required, it is possible to
save several positions in a single file, e.g. the complete roof construction. There is also the option of
managing the entire structural analysis in a single document. However, for large project, it makes sense to
break the files down.
Templates are saved in the template directory. Depending on the content, save your template to the
subdirectories _concrete, _steel, _wood etc. Of course you can expand this list by creating additional template
directories. Group directories are created from Insert-Settings-Additional Member Templates, with space for
five new groups.
You can then insert your self-generated templates from Insert-Member Templates.
The Template-Explorer opens the directory in which your component groups are saved. This function allows
you to access templates, even if the number of templates exceeds the number of preset menu items.

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