flyby, i interpret the code differently...here's why...there are two kinds of P-delta:
1) P-delta from story drift (ETABS does do this when you click "P-delta" "Analysis Options", )
2) P-delta from member curvature (ETABS does NOT do this when you click "P-delta" under "Analysis Options", according to the ETABS literature)
And if you look at the beginning of the ACI chapter on columns (Chp 10?)it says that you don't have to do moment magnification on your columns ONLY IF your analysis takes into account BOTH story drift AND member curvature...but ETABS only does story drift p-delta...
Therefore I don't think the "P-delta" option in ETABS gets you out of the moment magnification stuff...and for that matter, any computer analysis program--you better make sure it does BOTH types of P-delta before you say you don't have to do the magnification stuff.
Do you agree?...