how to change hinge to existing defined hinge in sap2000 model by SM toolbox

I have defined hinges in existing sap2000 model and I opend this model by matlab using SM toolbox and I thave tried to change the assigned hinges with another defined hinges but I did not find any code using SM toolbox codes

Answer 1

[UDAYA PEDDIRAJU]

Hi Ali,

The following code might help you:

SapObject = actxserver('SAP2000.SapObject');
% Start Sap2000 application
SapObject.ApplicationStart;
Sap = SapObject.SapModel;
Sap.File.OpenFile([FilePath,'.sdb'])
% Define the hinge properties
oldHingeName = 'OldHinge'; % Name of the existing hinge
newHingeName = 'NewHinge'; % Name of the new hinge to assign

% Get the number of hinges in the model
numHinges = Sap.Hinges.Count;

% Loop through each hinge to change it
for hingeIndex = 1:numHinges
    % Get the hinge name
    [hingeName, ~] = Sap.Hinges.GetName(hingeIndex);
    
    % Check if it matches the old hinge name
    if strcmp(hingeName, oldHingeName)
        % Change the hinge to the new hinge
        Sap.Hinges.SetHinge(hingeIndex, newHingeName);
    end
end

% close Sap2000
SapObject.ApplicationExit(false());
SapModel = 0;
SapObject = 0;

If the above workaround doesn't help, you may need to check the following query with similar details: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2062232-how-can-i-edit-the-hinges-already-previously-created-in-the-object.

Also, I found one more relevent link: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/2062232-how-can-i-edit-the-hinges-already-previously-created-in-the-object.

Let me know if anything works for you?