Right now, on both the module and the output graph the “reactions” section doesn’t report all of the unfactored reactions, just the first two… obviously it’d be a lot better if it hit all of the non-zero reactions.
Hi @themathguy, thanks again for your feedback. We believe it would be too dense showing all non-zero reactions in the diagram at the same time, but you still can see them after hovering the values, please check out the images below
After hovering you can see “S”
Is that enough for you? Let me know if it doesn’t help and you’re looking for something else.
Thank you!
This is fine for working in the program (though is a little unwieldy), but the printout should definitely have all reactions, I think - especially since “unfactored loads” are not a default section that prints in the “one-page summary” (which for me, usually leaks onto page two).
Speaking of the one-page summary… as I look at your “one-pager” vs. Enercalc (Enercalc’s output is usually two pages), Things that Enercalc gives that you don’t are as follows:
a) Load Combinations that produce maximum (up or down) results
b) where on the span the maximum result is produced (useful for a quick gut check)
c) reaction summary for all load combinations + reaction summary for all unfactored loads
d) moment diagram (again similar to point b, useful for a gut-check).
I’ve had some pushback from plan checkers on your one page summary and have had to default to the “standard” (aka ~8 pagers), and I think it’s primarily from point c above, which is why I’m looking for these reaction summaries to be in a more prominent place. Perhaps if you re-arranged the page a little and showed the reaction summaries right below the “summary” section in the second column (and above the “diagrams” ) you wouldn’t need anything different on your reaction graph. As it stands, the reaction graph is a little mis-leading (worse in the “one-page” summary, as it only gives you a couple reactions even if there’s 5 on the support.