A series of cable tips are given as follows:

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• Changing cable location – We recommend cables to be deleted and then redrawn in new locations, rather than changing joint coordinates. Cable stiffness will change unless the distance between joints remains exactly the same. This will affect analysis results.

See Also

• CSI Analysis Reference Manual (The Cable Element, page 145)

• SAP2000 - 16 Cable Objects

   

  of the CSI Watch & Learn video series presents a useful demonstration on this topic.