Units Abbreviations

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In the documentation of each SAP2000 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/s²]

[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/L²].