JWock82 / JWock82/xlFrame

add spring supports

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
No. Just more wish list stuff :)

**Describe the solution you'd like**
Spring supports.

**Additional context**
One of the uses I have in mind for xlFrames is modeling treated wooden posts embedded in the ground, a.k.a. post frame foundations. Current best practice is to model the soil's lateral capacity as a series of springs with k-values determined by geotechnical properties of the various soil horizons, something like this...
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30359271/58222642-4d1e6e00-7cdc-11e9-9c42-7fc4fcda89a3.png)

When analysis software lacks spring supports these soil springs are modeled as additional nodes and members (with AE/L = k_soil_spring) - not the end of the world - It's simple enough to set that up, just a bit of a hassle to exclude these extra nodes and members from the desired results. Built-in spring supports would be a welcome upgrade.

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