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SAP Section Cuts

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dcarr82775

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Does anyone have experience with the Section Cut in SAP2000? I am trying to find the moment in a slab strip. The problem is the moment on the right side is drastically different from that on the left side (50% difference). There are no frame elements along the section cut (or any other element type) so the difference is puzzling to me.

Also, Any new sections I try to draw it give me values of Zero for all forces and moments at the section.

So before I throw away a couple weeks worth of work I wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue and what they did to fix it. I have contacted SAP but who knows when I might hear back from them.
 
I have worked with section cuts in ETABS extensively, but not in SAP. However, there should be no difference.

 
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