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Useful Tips For Modeling - v2

1. The document provides useful tips for modeling input data in MIDAS Civil, including defining material and section properties using the MCT command, creating sections using the Sectional Property Calculator (SPC), and importing load cases with the MCT command. 2. It discusses modeling a bridge with 6 precast girders, importing CAD files, assigning material and section properties, creating precast and composite precast girder sections using SPC, and changing materials and sections by dragging and dropping. 3. The tips include pasting MCT commands from an Excel file to generate materials and sections for the model that can be reused in other MIDAS Civil files.

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Useful Tips For Modeling - v2

1. The document provides useful tips for modeling input data in MIDAS Civil, including defining material and section properties using the MCT command, creating sections using the Sectional Property Calculator (SPC), and importing load cases with the MCT command. 2. It discusses modeling a bridge with 6 precast girders, importing CAD files, assigning material and section properties, creating precast and composite precast girder sections using SPC, and changing materials and sections by dragging and dropping. 3. The tips include pasting MCT commands from an Excel file to generate materials and sections for the model that can be reused in other MIDAS Civil files.

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midas Civil

Basic Training Session


Training Session 2

Useful Tips for modeling of Input data

Contents
1. Span Information
2. Modeling with importing CAD
a. Defining material & section properties with MCT command
b. Assigning material & section properties with detailed feature
3. Section creation with SPC
a. Precast girder
b. Composite precast girder
4. Importing load cases with MCT command

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Span Information

9m width

0.2m Uniform
Deck Thickness

5 spaces @ 1.5m

Bridge Specifications Loads

Span: 20m Self-weight of structural elements


Width: 9m Prestressing of tendons
Girders: 6TY11 precast girders Moving load: Dual carriageway with
HA & HB loading as per
(BD37/01 Standard load)

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – CAD Importing

1
1. File – New Project

3 2. Select Import
4
3. Select AutoCAD DXF File…

Grillaged Center Line.dxf

4. Move CENTER Layer to right side

5. Click OK
2

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Create Materials

1. Tools – MCT Command Shell

2. Open MCT Command Sample.xlsx

3. Select A-Column and Copy

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Create Materials

1. Paste Command from excel


1
2. Click Run

Check Work Tree menu. There will be

information of Materials generated

by MCT Command Shell.

2 3 Those data can be extracted from

midas Civil file. (xxx.mcb)

All model information can be saved

as MCT format command and re-used

In midas Civil

3. Click Clear

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Create Sections

2
1. Move to Sections PSC Tab

2. Select A-Column and Copy for

Sections

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Create Sections

1 2 1. Go to *Sect-PSCVALUE

2. Click Insert Command

3. Go to Bottom Line

And paste Command from excel

3 4. Click Run

4 5 Check Work Tree menu. There will be

information of Materials generated

by MCT Command Shell.

Those data can be extracted from

midas Civil file. (xxx.mcb)

All model information can be saved

as MCT format command and re-used

In midas Civil

5. Click Close

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Create Sections

1 2 1. Go to *SECTION

2. Click Insert Command

3. Move to Sections PSC Tab

4. Select A-Column and Copy for

5 Sections

6 7 5. Go to Bottom Line

And paste Command from excel

6. Click Run

7. Click Close

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Change of Materials

Drag &
Drop

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Change of Sections

Drag &
Drop

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Change of Sections

Drag &
Drop

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Change of Sections

Drag & Drop


Drag &
Drop

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. Tools – Sectional Property Calculator

: SPC is one of module to generate

Section file for midas Civil

2. Set the units:


2
Force - N

Length - mm

3. Click OK

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. File – Import – AutoCAD DXF

2. Click 3-dot icon


1
3. Select file ‘Sample girder.dxf’

4. Click OK
2

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. Model – Section - Generate

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. Check on Plan type

2. Check on Calculate Properties Now


3
3. Drag and Select model

4. Click Apply
1

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. Model – Section – Export


1

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. Click 3-dot icon and Set file name

2. Check on MIDAS Section File


1 3
3. Drag and Select model

4. Click Apply

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder in General Section

1. Go to Section Properties
4
2. Enter Name: Girder
2
3. Click Import SEC Files… - Select Girder.sec

4. Select List of section

5. Click OK

6. Click OK

6
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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Girder Section Creation by SPC

1. Tools – Sectional Property Calculator

: SPC is one of module to generate

Section file for midas Civil

2. Set the units:


2
Force - N

Length - mm

3. Click OK

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

1. File – Import – AutoCAD DXF

2. Click 3-dot icon


1
3. Select file ‘Composite precast.dxf’

4. Click OK
2

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Assigning Material

1. Model – Material - Add


1 2. Enter name: Slab

3. Enter

Modulus of Elasticity: 26,567

2 5 Poisson’s Ratio: 0.2

Density: 23,600
3 6
4. Click Apply

5. Enter name: Girder

6. Enter

7 Modulus of Elasticity: 31,754


4
Poisson’s Ratio: 0.2

Density: 23,600

7. Click OK

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Composite section Generation


1
1. Model – Section – composite section
- Generate

2. Enter name: Composite


2 3. Enter Part Number: 2

3 4. Select material: 2:Girder

5. Click Apply
4

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Assigning Part Type and Name


1
1. Model – Section – composite section
– Add Part

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Assigning Part Type and Name

1. Part ID: 1
5
2. Part Name: Girder
1 3. Part Type: Plane

2 4. Part Material: 2:Girder

3 5. Select Girder part

6. Click Apply
4

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Assigning Part Type and Name


5 1. Part ID: 2

2. Part Name: Slab


1 3. Part Type: Plane

2 4. Part Material: 1:Slab

3 5. Select Deck line

6. Click Apply
4

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Calculation of Properties

1. Property – Calculate Composite


3 Property
1
2. Mesh Size: 10
2
3. Select All members
4
4. Click Apply

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

#. Calculation of Properties
1 1. Section – Composite Section - Export

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite Girder Creation by SPC

1. Click 3-dot icon and Set file name

2 2. Drag and Select model

3. Click Apply

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – Composite in General Section

1. Go to Section Properties - Add – Composite tab


2 5
2. Enter Name: Composite Precast

3. Click Import SEC Files…

4. Select Composite Precast.sec

5. Select List of section

6. Click OK

7. Click OK

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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Load Cases Creation

1. Tools – MCT Command Shell

2. Open MCT Command Sample.xlsx

3. Move to Load Cases Tab

4. Select A-Column and Copy for

Load cases data

4
2

3
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2. Useful Tips for Modeling – MCT: Load Cases Creation

1. Paste Command from excel


1
2. Click Run

Check Work Tree menu. There will be

information of Materials generated

by MCT Command Shell.

2 3 Those data can be extracted from

midas Civil file. (xxx.mcb)

All model information can be saved

as MCT format command and re-used

In midas Civil

3. Click Close

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