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What would be a good value for stiffness modifiers in ETABS? Is there any rule of thumb on how to evaluate those? Thanks!

Hi, When modeling with ETABS, what should be the scaling factor for the FIRST iteration of the response spectrum function? Thanks!

Thanks Jen, Just one more thing, what do you mean by assembled point masses? is that the center of mass for each story? Thanks again, Nate

I am performing a RSA in a concrete shearwall building and would like some advice to see if I'm on the right track. I defined the response spectrum function as per the the geotechnical report (site specific) and have created a response spectrum load case with scale factor of 1. After running...