Getting Started

When you double-click an error or warning message, CAESAR II displays the spreadsheet of the
associated element and highlights the element in the graphic display. You can sort error
messages by clicking the column titles. Use File > Print to print the entire error report or
selected sections. Use the options arrow on the Error Check icon to display only fatal errors or all
errors.
If there is a fatal error, you must return to the input module to make corrections. Click the Classic
Piping Input tab or double-click the row number for the error message.
If the error check process completes without fatal errors, a center of gravity report displays, the
analysis data files are generated, and the solution phase can commence. If fatal errors do exist,
the analysis data files are not generated and the solution phase cannot begin. You must make
corrections and rerun the Error Checker until successful before analysis is permitted.

Basic Operation - Build load cases

After the analysis data files have been created by the error checker, you can run a static analysis.
The first step of a static analysis is to define the load cases. For new jobs (there are no previous
solution files available), the static analysis module recommends load cases to you based on the
load types encountered in the input file. These recommended load cases are usually sufficient to
satisfy the piping code requirements for the Sustained and Expansion load cases. If the
recommended load cases are not satisfactory, you should modify them.
1. From the Piping Input window, select Edit > Edit Static Load Cases .
The Static Analysis - Load Case Editor dialog box displays.
2. You can build loads two ways:
 Combine the load components defined in the input (weight, displacements, temperatures,
and so forth) into load cases (basic cases), or
 Combine pre-existing load cases into new load cases (combination cases).
3. Build the basic cases by selecting one or more load components in the Loads Defined in
Input list and then dragging and dropping them to the Load Cases list to the right. You can
also type on any of the individual load case lines. Stress types (indicating which code
equations should be used to calculate and check the stresses) are selected from the Stress
Type list.
Combination cases, if needed, must follow the basic cases. You can build combination cases
by selecting one or more load components and dragging and dropping the basic load cases
from either the Load Defined in Input primitives or from the other previous load cases (by
dragging the load case number) to combine cases (or create new load cases) later in the list.
You can have a maximum of 999 static load cases. For more information, see Static Analysis
- Load Case Editor Dialog Box (on page 558).

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