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- B E A M C O O K B O O K
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- USER'S MANUAL
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- Shareware Evaluation Version 1.0
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- This manual is copyrighted 1994
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- BEAM COOKBOOK 1.0
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- SHAREWARE
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- This software is provided as Shareware. This means you have the
- opportunity to try it before you buy it. If you continue to use
- this software for more than 90 days you are requested to become
- a registered user. Registered users receive an update to the
- most recent version of the software, a printed manual, and free
- support.
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- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software be-
- fore buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue us-
- ing it, you are expected to register. Individual programs dif-
- fer on details -- some request registration while others require
- it, some specify a maximum trial period.
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- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
- and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
- of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
- and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribu-
- tion. The author specifically grants the right to copy and dis-
- tribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific
- group. For example, some authors require written permission be-
- fore a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware.
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- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
- should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system
- makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you
- buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also.
- Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't
- use the product, you don't pay for it.
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- Beam Cookbook is a "shareware program" and is provided at no
- charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with
- your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part
- of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is
- to provide personal computer users with quality software without
- high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
- continue to develop new products. If you find this program use-
- ful and find that you are using Beam Cookbook and continue to
- use Beam Cookbook after a reasonable trial period, you must make
- a registration payment of $59.95 to SoftEngineering. The $59.95
- registration fee will license one copy for use on any one com-
- puter at any one time. You must treat this software just like a
- book. An example is that this software may be used by any number
- of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to
- another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at
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- one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book
- cannot be read by two different persons at the same time.
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- Commercial users of Beam Cookbook must register and pay for
- their copies of Beam Cookbook within 30 days of first use or
- their license is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be
- made by contacting SoftEnginering.
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- Anyone distributing Beam Cookbook for any kind of remuneration
- must first contact Softengineering at the address below for aut-
- horization. This authorization will be automatically granted to
- distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guide-
- lines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may
- begin offering Beam Cookbook immediately(However SoftEngineering
- must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept up-to-
- date with the latest version of Beam Cookbook.).
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- You are encouraged to pass a copy of Beam Cookbook along to your
- friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
- copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users
- will receive a copy of the latest version of the Beam Cookbook
- system.
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- ASP OMBUDSMAN
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve
- a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman
- (OMB) can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP mem-
- ber, but does not provide technical support for members' prod-
- ucts. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
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- 545 Grover Road
- Muskegon MI 49442
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- or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombuds-
- man 70007,3536. The OMB may be contacted by FAX by sending to
- the ASP FAX number: (616) 788-2765. In communication with the
- OMB please include a telephone and/or FAX number if available.
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- Users of Beam Cookbook must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
- "Beam Cookbook is supplied as is. The author disclaims all war-
- ranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation,
- the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any pur-
- pose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or
- consequential, which may result from the use of Beam Cookbook."
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- C O N T E N T S
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- INTRODUCTION................................................viii
- ABOUT THIS MANUAL.............................................ix
- WHEN YOU NEED HELP.............................................x
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- C H A P T E R 1 ..............................................1
- GETTING STARTED ............................................1
- THE BEAM COOKBOOK PACKAGE ................................1
- WHAT YOU NEED ............................................1
- Necessary equipment .....................................1
- Optional equipment ......................................1
- INSTALLING BEAM COOKBOOK .................................2
- QUICK START ..............................................3
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- C H A P T E R 2 ..............................................5
- BEAM COOKBOOK: AN OVERVIEW .................................5
- STARTING BEAM COOKBOOK ...................................5
- THE BEAM COOKBOOK MAIN SCREEN ............................5
- The desktop area ........................................6
- Function key bar and help line ..........................6
- A TOUR OF YOUR KEYBOARD ..................................6
- Arrow keys ..............................................6
- Function keys ...........................................7
- The Esc key .............................................7
- USING THE MOUSE...........................................8
- Basic techniques ........................................8
- More mouse shortcuts ....................................9
- USING THE BEAM COOKBOOK MENUS ............................9
- Shortcuts ..............................................10
- USING THE BEAM COOKBOOK WINDOWS .........................12
- Window management ......................................13
- GETTING HELP ............................................14
- SETTING THE DEFAULT DIRECTORY............................15
- ENTERING AND EDITING DATA ...............................15
- SAVING AND OPENING BEAM FILES............................16
- SETTING THE SCREEN SIZE .................................18
- Using mouse drivers with graphics cards ................18
- EXITING BEAM COOKBOOK ...................................19
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- C H A P T E R 3 .............................................20
- THE PULL-DOWN MENUS .......................................20
- ABOUT ...................................................20
- FILE ....................................................20
- BEAM ....................................................21
- SUPPORTS ................................................21
- LOADS ...................................................22
- MISCELLANEOUS ...........................................22
- SOLVE ...................................................23
- OPTIONS .................................................23
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- C H A P T E R 3 (CONTINUED)
- WINDOW .....................................................24
- HELP ....................................................25
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- C H A P T E R 4 .............................................26
- INPUT WINDOWS .............................................26
- BEAM CONFIGURATION ......................................26
- SUPPORTS ................................................28
- CONCENTRATED LOADS ......................................29
- MOMENTS .................................................30
- UNIFORM LOADS ...........................................31
- RAMP LOADS ..............................................31
- HINGES ..................................................32
- MOMENT CONNECTORS .......................................33
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- C H A P T E R 5 .............................................35
- OUTPUT WINDOWS ............................................35
- SOLUTIONS ...............................................35
- REVIEW INPUTS ...........................................37
- REACTIONS ...............................................38
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS .....................................38
- SHEAR:MOMENT:SLOPE:DEFLECT ..............................39
- BEAM VALUES .............................................40
- LOCATION ................................................40
- DISPLAY BEAM ............................................41
- DIAGRAMS ................................................43
- REPORTS .................................................44
- C H A P T E R 6 .............................................48
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- ENTERING DATA .............................................48
- ENTERING DATA ...........................................48
- EDITING ENTRIES .........................................48
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- C H A P T E R 7 .............................................51
- SETTING OPTIONS ...........................................51
- THE OPTIONS MENU ........................................51
- HARDWARE OPTIONS ........................................52
- Graphics card options ..................................52
- Defining the printer ...................................54
- Defining the (printer) Device ..........................55
- PREFERENCES OPTIONS .....................................55
- STARTUP OPTIONS .........................................56
- SAVE OPTIONS ............................................57
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- C H A P T E R 8 .............................................58
- WORKING WITH BEAM FILES ...................................58
- THE FILE MENU ...........................................58
- ACCESSING FILES .........................................59
- Opening a file .........................................59
- OPENING A NEW FILE ......................................61
- SAVING FILES ............................................61
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- C H A P T E R 8 (CONTINUED)
- Assigning a file name ..................................63
- OVERRIDING THE DEFAULT DIRECTORY ........................63
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- C H A P T E R 9 .............................................66
- ADVANCED COMMANDS .........................................66
- PRIMARY ACTIVATE AND DEACTIVATE COMMANDS ................66
- SECONDARY ACTIVATE AND DEACTIVATE COMMAND ...............67
- USING BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMMANDS ...............67
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- A P P E N D I X A............................................68
- BEAM COOKBOOK KEYS ........................................68
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- A P P E N D I X B............................................74
- ERROR MESSAGES ............................................74
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- A P P E N D I X C............................................79
- TECHNICAL DATA ............................................79
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS .....................................79
- STIFFNESS/FLEXIBILITY COEFFICIENTS ......................80
- FORCED DEFLECTIONS/SLOPES ...............................81
- COMBINING STIFFNESS/FLEXIBILITY
- COEFFICIENTS WITH FORCED DEFLECTION/SLOPE .............81
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- Table 1.1 Quick start commands................................4
- Table 2.1 Basic mouse techniques..............................8
- Table 2.2 General hot keys...................................11
- Table 2.3 Online help hot keys...............................11
- Table 2.4 Window management hot keys.........................11
- Table 2.5 Manipulating windows...............................14
- Table 2.6 Mouse drivers that
- support enhanced screen modes..................19
- Table 6.1 Entry Editor Commands..............................49
- Table A.1 Entry editor commands..............................68
- Table A.2 Field selection commands...........................68
- Table A.3 Menu bar commands..................................69
- Table A.4 Submenu commands...................................70
- Table A.5 List commands......................................71
- Table A.6 Picklist commands..................................71
- Table A.7 The Beam Cookbook function keys....................71
- Table A.8 Hot keys...........................................73
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- INTRODUCTION
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- This manual serves as a guide to Beam Cookbook, a comprehensive
- beam solver (linearly elastic systems only) designed to be used
- by engineers, engineering students or anyone interested in
- analytical solutions. This is the ultimate "cookbook": instead
- of having to find the right recipe, Beam Cookbook only contains
- the ingredients, you supply the recipe. The ingredients are the
- only constraints you have. Beam Cookbook uses analytical
- solutions and the principle of superposition (does not use
- finite elements) to determine reactions, shear, moment, slope,
- and deflection.
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- The ingredients are:
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- Supports (20 max): simple, guided, and fixed (can have
- vertical and/or rotational springs - also can have
- forced deflections and/or slopes)
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- Variable moment of inertia (20 max)
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- Concentrated loads (40 max)
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- Uniform loads (20 max)
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- Ramp loads (20 max)
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- Moment connectors (10 max): transfers moment only (can
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- Beam values at boundary conditions (text)
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- Beam values at equally spaced increments (text)
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- Beam and loads (graphics)
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- This manual has the following parts:
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- Chapter 1, "Getting Started," explains what you need and how
- to install and run Beam Cookbook.
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- Chapter 2, "Beam Cookbook: An overview," describes some of
- the basic procedures involved in using Beam
- Cookbook, such as choosing a command from a
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- Chapter 3, "The pull-down menus," introduces each selection
- on the menu bar.
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- Chapter 4, "Input windows," describes in detail each input
- window, such as defining the location and type
- of support you require.
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- Chapter 5, "Output windows," describes in detail each output
- window, such as the all the reactions.
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- Chapter 6, "Entering data," explains how to enter data into
- you beam problem and how to edit entries.
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- Chapter 7, "Setting options," shows how to change options
- that affect the startup, operation, and hardware
- that Beam Cookbook uses.
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- Chapter 8, "Working with beam files," explains how you can
- display open, save, and start a new file. It
- tells you how move in and out of directories in
- the directory tree.
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- Chapter 9, "Advanced commands," explains how you activate /
- deactivate commands on input fields.
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- Appendix A, "Special keys," explains the arrow, function, and
- other special keys in Beam Cookbook.
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- Appendix B, "Error messages," lists error messages that might
- occur in Beam Cookbook.
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- Appendix C, "Menu / window tree," is a schematic showing the
- path to all menus and windows.
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- Appendix D, "Technical data," is the description of the
- boundary conditions used and their respective
- equations.
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- WHEN YOU NEED HELP
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- Customer Service
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- If you need any help with the following, please call us at
- 1-714-497-3852.
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- * Questions or problems about your bill.
- * Questions or problems with your shipment.
- * Questions about returning your product.
- * Defective user's guide.
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- Technical Support
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- Registered customers get free technical support, notices of
- product updates, and other announcements.
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- Telephone
- Call Technical Support at 1-714-497-3852, hours 3:00pm - 8:00pm
- pacific time. We'll take all the time needed to answer your quest-
- ions, but you may have to wait a short time while we offer this
- same attention to other callers ahead of you.
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- CompuServe
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- respond in 24 hours.
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- respond in 24 hours.
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- Defective disk replapement
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- Usually you receive one of these messages if you have a bad disk:
- "CRC error ...."
- "General failure error reading drive ...."
- "Sector not found ...."
- "Bad sector ...."
- "Unrecoverable read error ...."
- To check, use the DISKCOPY command to copy the entire disk. DISK-
- COPY reports any bad sectors. (See your DOS manual.) Check all
- disks. To replace defective disks, call Technical Support at
- 1-714-497-3852. Within 30 days of purchase, we replace disks free.
- After this, contact Technical Support for prices.
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