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- Truss 5.2 Demo. Developed by Hussam A. Dandashli.
- 03-25-96
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- Truss 5.2 is an application that explores the behavior of planar trusses under
- external loading. It analyzes and displays the internal forces in the members
- using color intensities to denote force values. The system requirements to run
- this application are: 32Bit Color QuickDraw (for system 6), and the QuickTime extension
- (1.5 or higher) to be able to produce movies of a car traveling over the truss.
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- Some of the features implemented cover:
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- * Create an arbitrary truss.
- * Alter the geometry of an existing truss design interactively by moving the
- joint locations or by adding or removing truss members, truss supports or truss joints.
- * Automatic check whether the truss is indeterminate or not.
- * Apply loads on a truss, and then change their direction interactively.
- * Produce free body diagrams of the entire truss or for selected pins.
- * Produce a color (pattern) graphical display of the load distribution in the individual
- members with the color (pattern) of the members denoting tension or compression.
- * Implement Method of Sections and Method of Joints to isolate members or nodes.
- * Create QuickTime movies of a car traveling over the truss.
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- New features in version 5.2 include:
- * Better implementaion of the console window where the user can scroll and copy from that window thanks to SIOUX library in CodeWarriorâ„¢.
- * Fat binary version. Will run native on either a 68k or a PowerPC machine. This provides a vast performance increase when run on a PowerPC machine.
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- New features in version 5.1 include:
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- * The force vector length now reflects the relative magnitude of the force compared
- with the maximum force in the truss members or at the supports.
- * Smooth updating of the main screen (Truss window). Note that using a large window
- will now consume more of the application's RAM due to the allocation of an off-screen
- buffer. Make sure that enough RAM is allocated.
- * The color scale is displayed only when needed.
- * The button shortcuts now only display possible options depending on the joint or
- member that is selected.
- * Some popular roof and bridge trusses are now a permanent part of the application.
- * Unlike previous versions, the joint limit can be dynamically increased (if enough
- memory is available) without restarting the truss design from scratch.
- * The movie frames are displayed during the making of the movie, along with a progress bar.
- * The force in any member can be displayed numerically when the mouse is held down
- as a member is selected.
- * Resizable force list window. The forces will be printed in rows which will resize
- whenever the window is resized.
- * More detailed on-line menu.
- * Other cosmetic improvements that deal with the user interface.
- * Some parts of the code were re-written to enhance performance and fix some memory
- leaks and some bugs.
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- This demo version is restricted to 4 joints. Please feel free to distribute this demo
- along with all the files it came with. The cost of the full version (68k/PPC)
- is $25 US. Orders can be sent to: (please note the new address)
- Hussam Dandashli
- 319 Gage Ave
- Elkhart, IN 46516
- USA.
- e-mail: hussamd@skyenet.net
- The demo version is fully operational for 4 node trusses, but cannot solve trusses
- with higher number of joints.
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- Registered users of version 5.x can get a free upgrade by sending a postage paid
- envelop with a high density floppy disk to the address above, or by sending an
- e-mail address where I can email the new version update.
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- I hope you enjoy this demo, and thank you for your support.
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- Hussam Dandashli
- Software Engineer
- hussamd@skyenet.net
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