Truss by MD Solid

Hey there:

I would lik somebody solve any truss problem by using MD Solid and give us details how we can use this program to solve an type of Truss?

Thanks

Welcome John:

I will try to explain how you can solve Trusses by using MD Solid.

For a plane truss to be statically determinate, it has to
possess two properties.
1) Its supports restrain rigid body motion. In this case, the truss is
called “Externally Statically Determinate”.
2) It has minimum number of rods to support the external loads. The
truss is called “Internally Statically Determinate”.
The truss is statically Determinate if: 2j = m +r

Where: j is numbers of joints
m is number of members
r is number of reactions.
The truss is statically Indeterminate if: 2j < m +r

Before you start to use MD Solid, you have to know the Statically Determinate or indeterminate struss.Therefore if the structure is indeterminate, it can not solve trusses by using MD solid.



Example: Find the reaction Forces?


First, Open the MD solid and select Truss
select new truss
Second, identify and put the dimension of sheet.


To compute the trusses, you have to refixed the trusses until the compute icon appears.

Thanks