This beam worksheet is attached in Mathcad 15 and Prime 3.1 format. The end user enters the number of point loads, p, and the number of distributed loads, z. Is it possible for Mathcad to take this value entered and create/trim the number of entries for point loads (P1, y1) and distributed loads (ws1, we1, zs1, ze1) following them? This way the end user doesn’t have to trim off or add additional entries on their own.
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Daniel Sochor wrote:
This beam worksheet is attached in Mathcad 15 and Prime 3.1 format. The end user enters the number of point loads, p, and the number of distributed loads, z. Is it possible for Mathcad to take this value entered and create/trim the number of entries for point loads (P1, y1) and distributed loads (ws1, we1, zs1, ze1) following them? This way the end user doesn’t have to trim off or add additional entries on their own.
Do you want the worksheet to calculate the point and distributed loads? If so, how do you calculate them?
If you merely wish to save the user the effort of copying/modifying the various Vp and Vd formulae, then you should be able to get rid of the individual formulae and just have a summation of the formulae based on the index alone - see attached.
Stuart
Daniel Sochor wrote:
This beam worksheet is attached in Mathcad 15 and Prime 3.1 format. The end user enters the number of point loads, p, and the number of distributed loads, z. Is it possible for Mathcad to take this value entered and create/trim the number of entries for point loads (P1, y1) and distributed loads (ws1, we1, zs1, ze1) following them? This way the end user doesn’t have to trim off or add additional entries on their own.
Do you want the worksheet to calculate the point and distributed loads? If so, how do you calculate them?
If you merely wish to save the user the effort of copying/modifying the various Vp and Vd formulae, then you should be able to get rid of the individual formulae and just have a summation of the formulae based on the index alone - see attached.
Stuart
Thank you Stuart. I was attempting to do two things:
Another question – in your worksheet you attached a variable to a text box (R1, Vdn); how did you do this?
You want to change how you enter the information. You could consider using a matrix for the data. First column is location and second column is load. I have used this to solve a similar problem