In this paper we present a program for the design and analysis of planar member frame structures. The intuitive graphic user interface covers all steps necessary for designing a load bearing structure, from geometry design to system optimization.This project is the first step in converting from a pool of APL*PLUS II programs towards interactive Windows applications written in DyalogAPL/W, and was carried out by Dipl.-Ing. Johann Riebenbauer, Institute of Structural Design (Institut für Tragwerkslehre) at the Technical University of Graz, Austria, and the Group of Civil Engineering (IG für Bauwesen) Zenkner&Handel.The computational section of the described application is composed of proven space frame algorithms, which where developed by Prof. Peter Klement over the last three decades in APL, and which represent the backbone of the new graphic user interface (GUI) in DyalogAPL/W. (In the Appendix the reader can find a small vocabulary, which can be used to translate the German words in the illustrations.)
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