Tutorial Ftool

F TOOL
Interactive, Graphical Program For Structural Analysis
Educational Version 2.11 August 2002

http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/ftool

English Translation by: Professor Robert H. Dodds, Jr. Mr. Adam Carlyle
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

November 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FTOOL INUSE...............................................................................................................................................................3 FTOOL AUTHORSHIP ...................................................................................................................................................3 GENERAL CONCEPT.......................................................................................................................................................3 DOWNLOADING FTOOL................................................................................................................................................4 BACKGROUND...............................................................................................................................................................4 NEW FEATURES OF THE LATEST VERSION 2.11 (AUGUST 2002).......................................................................................5 NEW FEATURES OF VERSION 2.10 (NOVEMBER 2001).....................................................................................................6 NEW FEATURES OF VERSION 2.09 (JANUARY2001)........................................................................................................6 NEW FEATURES OF VERSION 2.08 (AUGUST 2000) .........................................................................................................7 NEW FEATURES OF VERSION 2.07 (APRIL 2000) .............................................................................................................7 NEW FEATURES OFVERSION 2.06 (FEBRUARY 2000)......................................................................................................8 ADDITIONAL CREDITS ...................................................................................................................................................8 FILEOPERATIONS.......................................................................................................................................................9 THE FILE MENU ............................................................................................................................................................9 EXPORTING SCREEN DISPLAY IMAGES THROUGH THE CLIPBOARD ..................................................................................10MODEL CREATION AND MANIPULATION............................................................................................................11 THE EDIT TOOLBAR .....................................................................................................................................................11 MEMBERS AND NODES................................................................................................................................................11 CREATION OF DIMENSION LINES ..................................................................................................................................11 KEYBOARD MODE.......................................................................................................................................................12 SELECTION MODE .......................................................................................................................................................12 UNDO AND REDO .........................................................................................................................................................12 THE TRANSFORM MENU...