# Diaphragm Construction \[SPIG]

## Diaphragm Construction

**Stage:** Construction stage in which the selected diaphragm is activated.

**Diaphragm:** Diaphragm object constructed in this stage.

**Continuity Diaphragms Construction Method \[Weight only/Stiffness only/Weight and Stiffness]:** Controls how the continuity diaphragm is added to the FE model. Weight only applies self-weight without stiffness; Stiffness only adds stiffness without self-weight; Weight and Stiffness does both.

**Construct Connection Only \[No/Yes]:** When Yes, only the connection between the continuity diaphragm and adjacent girders is constructed at this stage, not the diaphragm body itself.


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