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did you set up a diaphragm for each floor? Without looking at your model, maybe you didn't put the lateral loads in correctly? Check the nodal degrees of freedom for your moment frame to make sure it has the right connections.

Thanks everyone, great discussion.

charnott, thanks for your story. How did you go about finding that job? Any website in particular you used, or did you have a contact you knew?

You say but MS/BS in engineering. Engineering is very broad, there's civil, mechanical, electrical etc etc and within those there are those who specialize in structural, geotechnical engineering etc. If your goal is to for a consultant doing design (making the drawings) I think you will find...

How are we suppose to open this file? Shouldn't it be an SDB file?

I'm about to graduate with my M.S. Civil Engineering (Structural) I currently have a B.S. Civil Engineering and have passed the FE exam. I'm young and I'd like to live outside the US for a few years an am willing to go anywhere. What country has the best expat opportunities for structural...