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A small WF shape has a pinned connection to a large I-beam. The weak axis bending of the WF shape is not transmitted to the web of the I-beam. If the element defining the WF shape uses nodes 1040 to 1045 then the FREE card for this element has the following format:
FREE 1040 TO 1045 fbndweak, tbndweak
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The westward side of a building has a row of beams on the ground floor that are attached rigidly to columns at the other end. The beams are identified by the pattern of nodes: 610-710, 620-720, 630-730, ..., 690-790. There are eight beams in this group. The 600 end is pinned. The FREE cards for this group have the following format:
FREE 610 TO 710 INC=10 LAST=790 ftors, fbndstr, fbndweak