Step Output

This post-processing module provides in text file-type of output all the analytical results (nodal displacements/rotations, support and element forces/moments, element strains and stresses) obtained by SeismoBuild at any given analysis step plus the analytical results for the selected limit state(s). The entire step output, or selected parts of it, can be copied to text editors for further manipulation, using the corresponding menu commands, keyboard shortcuts, toolbar buttons or right-click popup menu.

Rather than copying and pasting the contents of this module, users may also choose to simply use the Export to Text File facility, which gives also the possibility of choosing the start and end analysis steps of interest. This useful facility is available from the toolbar button .

Finally, and as noted here, users may also activate the option of creating, at the end of every analysis, a text file (*.out) containing the output of the entire analysis (as given in this module). This feature may result useful for users, who wish to systematically, rather than occasionally, post-process the results using their own custom-made post-processing facility.