dear mr. sye,
please advice me regarding to release plate...(i kind not so familiar how to use dummy member for transfering...if possible can you give me some sample)
i have snap my staad as follows:
the case is as follows:
i am trying to make a new wall near to existing wall to this structure. this wall only sit on existing slab (iam trying to avoid any damage to existing slab). this wall is designed to restrain hydorstatic force.
there are 5 column behind new wall. this column should become pin support to new wall and new wall fix to existing side wall. based on it, i try to use staad command "plate release" to make my new wall as pin. the problem is, bottom element of my wall is triangular...so when i make release as sketch above..it become instability warning at direction Z (same direction of hydorstatic force).
based on it, do you have any suggestion for it...and if follow to your previous suggestion to use dummy member, can you give me some sample of it?
thank you
regards,
duta