Tutorial VisualAnalysis

2D Tutorial Project Description: This project has been set-up to demonstrate the basic features of VisualAnalysis. You will model and analyze the following two-dimensional frame with a curved glue-laminated member. Running VisualAnalysis: Locate the VisualAnalysis icon in the IES folder created when the program was installed. This can be found in the Start menu under Program Files | IES. Click the icon to start VisualAnalysis. If you prefer to start from Explorer, or create a desktop shortcut, the executable program file is located here, by default: C:\Program Files\IES\VA50\VisualAnalysis.exe Setting Up the Project: When VisualAnalysis is first started a new project is automatically created, including service load cases. Aspects such as load cases and project type for these automatic projects are customizable through the Tools | Customize Behavior menu. Following is typically what you will see when VisualAnalysis is first started. Tutorial VisualAnalysis Tutorial Examples • 1 Figure shown with Space Frame as the default project type. For this tutorial we all want to be on the same page so go to Edit | Project Information. Name the project 2D Tutorial, and specify the structure type as a Plane Frame. We also need to adjust the project's units so go to Edit | Project Units. Choose U.S. ft-k on the Saved Styles tab and then click the Load button. Now that our project is set-up we can start drawing our structure. We will start ...