Units Abbreviations

Units Abbreviations

In the documentation of each CSI API function, parameters that have units associated with them are followed by one of the following abbreviations, to indicate the units for those parameters.

[L]
 = Length

[F]
 = Force,[F] = [ML/s
2
]

[M]
 = Mass

[s]
 = Time, seconds

[T]
 = Temperature

[cyc]
 = Cycles

[rad]
 = Radians (angle measurement)

[deg]
 = Degrees (angle measurement)

Combinations of these abbreviations are used in many cases. For example, moments are indicated as 
[FL]
 and stresses are indicated as 
[F
/L
2
]
.

See Also

Introduction

Accessing SAP2000 From An External Application

Function Documentation Conventions

Function Return Values

Visual Basic Concepts Used in the CSI API