• SASSI Model and Results - full path of the folder that contains the displacement frames
• HOUSE Module Input - file name of the .hou file, or browse to it by clicking on the arrow button next to the box
• Ground Acceleration File - acceleration file name. This file will be prepared by the user for the ANSYS dynamic analysis. The file format of the file is described.
• ANSYS Model and Data Input - path of the ANSYS file folder
• Rayleigh Damping Coeff - Raleigh damping coefficients, alpha, beta, for the ANSYS dynamic analysis.
• ANSYS Output File - name of the file that will contain the ANSYS APDL input commands for the dynamic analysis using the time-domain direct integration method. This is the file will be loaded in ANSYS.

Note: During the generation of the dynamic step load files, the ANSYS dynamic load generator uses all the relative displacement data files with respect to the free-field motion from the SSI analysis results. The user should make sure these files have been copied to the ANSYS folder defined in the “Path” input box of “SASSI Model and Results Input” section.