Access the Area Information form by moving the cursor onto the object as if to select it, and then clicking the right mouse button rather than the left mouse button. The following list identifies the assignments that can be made and provides a hyperlink to the Help topic associated with the item. Although many assignment options are available, make only those assignments required for your model.
Note: When displaying an object-based model, many items can be edited by double left clicking on the parameter (not the item name) to display the forms used to make the assignment. With a form displayed, click the F1 key to display a form-specific help topic. The hyperlinks below also provide access to those help topics.
Label - Identifies the name of the selected object. See the Change Labels topic for more information about labelling within SAP2000.
Section Property - Identifies the section name and the section type assigned to the selected object. See Area - Sections for more information.
Property Modifiers - Identifies stiffness modifiers, if any, assigned to the object. See Area - Stiffness Modifiers for more information.
Material Overwrites - Identifies any material overwrites assigned to the area object. See Area - Material Property Overwrites for more information.
Thickness Overwrites and Joint Offsets Overwrites - Identifies any pattern or user-defined thickness overwrites or joint offsets. See Area - Thickness Overwrites for more information.
Local Axis - Identifies the local axis assigned to the object. See Area - Local Axis for more information.
Area Springs - Identifies the area springs, if any, assigned to the area object. See Area - Springs for more information.
Area Mass - Identifies the area mass, if any, assigned to the area object. See Area - Mass for more information.
Automatic Area Mesh - Identifies if auto meshing has been applied to the selected object. See Area - Automatic Area Mesh for more information.
Auto Edge Constraint - Identifies if edge constraints have been generated for the object. See Generate Edge Constraints for more information.
Material Temperature - Indicates the material temperature assigned to the area object. See Area - Material Temperature for more information.
Group - Identifies any groups to which the area object has been assigned. See Assign to Groups for more information.
Plot Functions - Identifies the plot functions assigned to the area object. See Shell Plot Functions Form for more information.
Update Display button. Use this button to update the active window with the most recent change made to the selected object.
Modify Display button. Use this button to access the Show Area Assignments form, which lists the various specifications or assignments made to the selected object. Use the form to select which specification or assignment is to be displayed in the active window, regardless of the sequence of the changes.