End cutplane angle in steel beams larger than 60°

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

This is an easy one. For some reason which I can't figure out the end cutplane angles in the steel beams (Special Edition Library, W Beams SE9) have a range of +60° to -60° relative to the beam's longitudinal axis. I just happen to be needing 69.96°. Please. Please. 60° is too small every now and then.

[Anonymous]

I agree that this is an unnecessary limitation. I usually set -89 to 89 degrees as extreme limits that no one could possibly want (right?) This avoids the divide by zero (TAN(90)) errors without undue restrictions.

You can probably adjust the code pretty easily. If the part is written properly, the limit values should be set in the parameters script. Something like:

VALUES "end_angle" -60, RANGE [-60, 60]

or

VALUES "end_angle" 0, RANGE [0, 60], [300, 360]

(I don't recall if the negative values work in the RANGE function

[Djordje]

Structurally, there is no limitation - checked with three structural engineers specializing in steel. However, certain connection conditions have to be met in order to avoid torsion, but that is in the design realm.

A software should not impose limitations that are do not exist in reality.