Model support in between element length

[ajossorioarana]

Hi! I am trying to model a diagonal beam that has two supports, one of them is in the edge of the element and the other one is a little bit before the lower end, something like this, but where elements 1 and 2 are the same continuos element:

Is this possible right now?

Thanks in advance!

[ajossorioarana]

Me leaving some additional feedback:

Unless I'm missing something, the following code reproduces the desired behavior:

ss = anas.SystemElements()

punto_sup = anas.Vertex(x=1, y=3.08)
apoyo_int = anas.Vertex(x=4.12, y=1.27)
punto_inf = anas.Vertex(x=4.58, y=1)

ss.add_element(location=[punto_sup, apoyo_int])
ss.add_element(location=[apoyo_int, punto_inf])
ss.add_support_hinged([1, 2])

ss.q_load(q=-5, element_id=[1, 2], direction="y")

ss.show_structure()

ss.solve()

ss.show_displacement()

Structure:

Displacement

I still don't get why if I add two elements to the model, they are considered as part of the same rigid body.

[AsgerKrllAnd]

If the two elements were not considered the same body as standard, defining the loads would be a lot harder.

If you want to consider the two elements as separate elements that are each supported at the same point (support 2), you could achieve this by adding a spring to your first or second element.

like this:

from anastruct import SystemElements

ss = SystemElements()

ss.add_element([[0,0],[10,0]], spring= [0,1]) # [start node, end node], 1 indicates its released, 0 means stiff
ss.add_element([[10,0],[12,0]])

ss.add_support_hinged([1,2])

ss.q_load(element_id=1, q=-10)

ss.solve()
ss.show_displacement()