User's Guide: Computer Aided Structural Modeling (CASM). Version 1.01, Release Date - February 1990
Abstract
CASM stands for Computer Aided Structural Modeling. It is a program designed to aid the structural engineer in the preliminary design and evaluation of structural building systems by the use of 3-D interactive graphics. Think of this program as a scratch pad for the structural decision process that would have been done on paper before you went to the computer to do the final numerical analysis of structural members. CASM will let you change your mind quickly and give you results that previously might have taken hours to obtain. By allowing quick changes, CASM allows you to make more informed decisions in the initial structural evaluation process. Its purpose is to help solve those basic early problems that all engineers face when trying to fit a structural system into a building. This is the first release of the program (Version 1.01). Not all options are implemented at this time (a message that you may see when using this program). But do not fear; what you are getting is usable, functional, practical program that will help you solve many basic problems much faster and easier than your present methods. The areas that are addressed in this program include: (1) Basic Design Criteria; (2) Dead and Live Loads; (3) Snow and Wind Loads; (4) Building Geometry and Structural Layout; (5) Member Analysis and Preliminary Sizing. (KR)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA228456
Entities
People
- Carl Roth
- David Wickersheimer
- Gene Mcdermott
- Ken Taylor