Applies To
	Product(s):	STAAD.Pro
	Version(s):	ALL
	Environment:	ALL
	Area:	Modeling Solutions
	Subarea:	Loading
	Original Author:	Sye Chakraborty, Bentley Technical Support Group

 

I use STEEL TAKE OFF or CONCRETE TAKE OFF for finding out the total weight of members. However how can I find out the total weight of just the plates ?

The easiest way would be to create a load case and have the selfweight load assigned to just the plates within that load case. For example, if your plates are numbered 100 TO 200, you may specify a load case as shown next

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LOAD 100 :  Selfweight Load for Plates

SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LIST 100 TO 200

Alternately one can assign the plates to a plate group ( let’s say the group name is   _FL ) and subsequently specify the command as

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LOAD 100 :  Selfweight Load for Plates

SELFWEIGHT Y -1 LIST _FL

Subsequently you can look at the static check results for load case 100 which will give you the total weight of the plates.

To see the weight of the members:

a) add PERFORM ANALYSIS PRINT STATICS LOAD command in the input file and check the weight in the Output file:

b) check the Load in the Statics Check Results table in the Reactions page of the Postprocessing workflow: