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Weight in Etabs?

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nicus

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Structural
Dec 13, 2010
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Why the weight used in the seismic calculation of lateral loads differ from the weight calculated from the supports reactions if I am taking into account the same mass source? I have a difference from 2557.09 t to 2453.81 t.
 
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I already found my answer, in the top level etabs divide the column weight by 2.
 
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