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Dear ETABS Community, In ETABS,

Dear ETABS Community, In ETABS,

Dear ETABS Community, In ETABS,

(OP)
Dear ETABS Community,

In ETABS, how can I get the coordinates of joints tagged with parentheses?

For example, because of the meshing in shell slabs, some joints need to be created internally by ETABS in order to produce the sub-shells. I was wondering whether we can get the coordinates of those internal joints...

This is an example of internal joints created automatically by ETABS:

CODE -->

STORY2      (1785)      COMB1                -0.0004      0.0003     -0.0097    -0.00085     0.00154     0.00002
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB2                -0.0004      0.0003     -0.0105    -0.00098     0.00164     0.00002
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB3 Max             0.0221      0.0177     -0.0095    -0.00078     0.00178     0.00129
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB3 Min            -0.0230     -0.0171     -0.0099    -0.00099     0.00126    -0.00125
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB4 Max             0.0133      0.0241     -0.0096    -0.00080     0.00172     0.00107
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB4 Min            -0.0141     -0.0236     -0.0098    -0.00097     0.00132    -0.00103
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB5 Max             0.0223      0.0176     -0.0061    -0.00044     0.00125     0.00128
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB5 Min            -0.0228     -0.0172     -0.0065    -0.00065     0.00073    -0.00125
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB6 Max             0.0135      0.0240     -0.0061    -0.00046     0.00119     0.00107
 STORY2      (1785)      COMB6 Min            -0.0140     -0.0236     -0.0064    -0.00063     0.00079    -0.00104
 
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB1                -0.0004      0.0003     -0.0102    -0.00067     0.00046     0.00002
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB2                -0.0004      0.0003     -0.0110    -0.00079     0.00046     0.00002
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB3 Max             0.0221      0.0182     -0.0099    -0.00065     0.00070     0.00129
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB3 Min            -0.0230     -0.0176     -0.0105    -0.00077     0.00017    -0.00125
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB4 Max             0.0133      0.0245     -0.0100    -0.00066     0.00062     0.00107
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB4 Min            -0.0141     -0.0239     -0.0104    -0.00076     0.00025    -0.00103
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB5 Max             0.0223      0.0181     -0.0062    -0.00038     0.00056     0.00128
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB5 Min            -0.0228     -0.0176     -0.0069    -0.00049     0.00003    -0.00125
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB6 Max             0.0135      0.0244     -0.0064    -0.00039     0.00048     0.00107
 STORY2      (1786)      COMB6 Min            -0.0140     -0.0240     -0.0068    -0.00048     0.00011    -0.00104 

and so on...

Thank you!

Ricardo.

RE: Dear ETABS Community, In ETABS,

Hi,

Check this article on CSI Wiki:
https://wiki.csiberkeley.com/display/kb/Internal+j...

"Joint coordinates and information may be displayed in tabular format through Analysis Results > Element Output > Objects and Elements > Table: Objects and Elements - Joints. Internal joints will have a blank entry under Joint Object."

RE: Dear ETABS Community, In ETABS,

(OP)
Dear avscorreia,

Thank you very much for reply. This is a table in which you can get the global coordinates of the internal joints. However, how can I know which is which. As an example, how can I get the global coordinates of the joint tagged with "(1785)"?

Thank you!

RE: Dear ETABS Community, In ETABS,

Unfortunately You can't!

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