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IF programming statement, Solve Blocks and Formatting

  • January 21, 2025
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Hi!

 

I have a twosome question, as I am in doubt if there a better or more straightforward solutions as what I have done currently:

  1. A PTC document where I have a mechanic exercise to calculate reaction forces ("StaticExercise"). I would like to know how to format functions, like an area which overlaps pages. This makes in inconvenient. As well, I am very interested how equilibrium formulas can be formatted and solved.
  2. In another exercise ("SteelRodElongation_Exersise"), I have applied an IF function, because I would like that the calculation breaks or stops, so it ends up with 0. Now the calculation gives some strange units at the outcome, at Delta L (if you change σ0.2 to 1 manually. What would you advise?

 

I have formatted the questions/notes in red in the files.

 

Like to hear your thoughts!

PTC Version is: 9.0.0.0.

 

Thanks a lot

Best answer by Werner_E

As for your question 1), see my remarks in the attached Prime 9 sheet.

In short - there is no solution other than manually re-format the sheet. Deleting unused space, using smaller font size, splitting in more areas, ...

We have a very similar but more serious problem with long programmes that go over a page or with result expressions that are so long that they go over the page to the right.
Unfortunately, there is no automatic satisfactory solution for this either.

 

As for your question 2), simply apply an appropriate unit and don't use just a dimensionless zero

Werner_E_0-1737468239407.png

 

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Werner_E25-Diamond IAnswer
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January 21, 2025

As for your question 1), see my remarks in the attached Prime 9 sheet.

In short - there is no solution other than manually re-format the sheet. Deleting unused space, using smaller font size, splitting in more areas, ...

We have a very similar but more serious problem with long programmes that go over a page or with result expressions that are so long that they go over the page to the right.
Unfortunately, there is no automatic satisfactory solution for this either.

 

As for your question 2), simply apply an appropriate unit and don't use just a dimensionless zero

Werner_E_0-1737468239407.png

 

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    January 28, 2025

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