Hi guys, when I draw a diagnal member such as a bracer or a long cord in a truss in Etabs, very so often it goes through more than one storey levels defined. The annoying thing about it is Etabs sometimes (not always) automatically divides the line at the storey levels. It causes troubles, for...
Hi all, I've got a question about the base shear. After you do the response spectrum analysis in Etabs, how do you find the total base shear of the structure(multi-storey building to be more specific)? This is to work out the scaling factor. I was told that you can look at the "Story force"...
