vcJust Before Running Model Checking Other

? PROPERTY MODIFIERS [ACI 10.11, UBC 1910.11] ? FILE > LAST ANALYSIS RUN LOG ? ?
FILE/RUN ERRORS ?
Ie = (Mcr/Ma) x Ig + [ 1-(Mcr/Ma) x Icr (ACI 9.5.2.3) "STRUCTURE IS UNSTABLE OR IL
L CONDITIONED" IF THE FILE CAN'T BE SAVED OR CAN T BE RUN
Mcr = fr. Ig / Yt and fr = 7.5 x (f'c^0.5) IN IMPERIAL UNITS SHOULD NOT APPEAR.
THEN CHECK FOR DISCONTINUTIES, LIKE
SELECT BY LINE OBJECT > BEAMS ? A WALL DELETED ACCIDENTLY IN ONE STORY
I2=0.35 I3=0.35 J=0.35 ? DISPLACEMENTS ? AND PRESENT IN UPPER & LOWER STORIES ET
C.
FOR GROUP = TORSION BEAMS ? SHOW TABLES > JOINT DISPLACEMENTS
I2=0.35 I3=0.35 J=1.00 ON ENV-SRV COMBINATIONS FOR ALL STRUCTURE ? COLUMN VS WAL
L ?
SELECT BY LINE OBJECT > COLUMNS ? EXPORT TO EXCEL AND FIND UNUSUAL VALUES IF H/L
EAST DIMENSION > 3, MODEL AS COLUMN (UBC)
I2= 0.7 I3=0.7 IF L> 4XTHK, MODEL AS COLUMN (ACI)
SELECT BY AREA OBJECT > WALLS ? ? DISPLAY > SHOW LOADS > FRAME ?
m11= 0.7 AFTER DISTRIBUTION BY TRIBUTARY METHOD ? STIFFNESS OF SUPPORTS ?
m22= 0.7 FOR PIN END COLS, K=3EI/L
m12= 0.7 ? BASE SHEAR ? FOR FIXED END COLS, K=4EI/L
IF AFTER ANALYSIS WALLS ARE CRACKED REPLACE SHOW TABLES > BUILDING OUTPUT > STOR
Y SHEARS IF CORNER&EDGE COLS MODELLED AS
0.7 BY 0.35 BASED ON MODLUS OF RUPTURE SUPPORT ONLY, BENDING IS UNDERESTIMATED
*m11,m22,m12 affects t and f11,f22,f12 affects t* ? CHECK SEISMIC TIME PERIOD ? A
T INTERIOR COLUMNS & SPANS
SELECT BY WALL/SLAB SECTIONS > ? PRINT> PRINT SUMMARY
SHELL SLAB SECTIONS ? SIZING OF MEMBERS
m11= 0.25 ? CHECK DRIFT ? bd (in) = 20Mu (K-ft)
m22= 0.25 PRINT> PRINT SUMMARY As (in) = Mu (K-ft)/ 4d (in)
m12= 0.25 ETABS GIVES DRIFT RATIO AS 1/X FOR HOLLOW CORE ?
* NO MODIFIERS FOR MEMBRANE SLAB SECTION* IF T< 0.7 THEN X > 0.7R/0.025 MIN BEAM
DEPTH = 50mm+SLAB THK+300
* THESE MODIFIERS ARE APPLIED TO USE THE SAME MODEL IF T=> 0.7 THEN X> 0.7R/0.02
0 FOR DOUBLE TEE ?
FOR LATERAL & GRAVITY ANALYSIS. (SEE ACI R8.8 & 10.10.4.1) MIN BEAM DEPTH=50mm+S
LAB THK/2+300 TO 400
? MESH ? MODE SHAPES ?
FOR WALLS & SHELL SECTIONS ? ? TIPS ?
1m MAX MESH AREA SIZE ? AXIAL LOAD ON COL BY TRIBUTARY AREA ? WALL LOCAL AXIS 33 SHOULD ALL BE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE
FOR MEMBRANES ? SLAB LOCAL AXIS 3-3 SHOULD BE DRAWN ALL EITHER
NO MESH ? OPENINGS MODELLED? ? CLOCK OR ANTI CLOCKWISE FOR SAME ORIENTATION
LINE LOCAL AXIS
? CONCRETE & STEEL OVERWRITES ? ? DELETE UN-NECESSARY GROUPS ? AVOID LIGHT COLOR
S FOR SECTION PROPERTIES
SWAY TYPE = SWAY ORDINARY
? ANALYZE> CHECK MODEL ? ? FOR REVIEWING A MODEL ?
? EXTRUDE TO CHECK GEOMETRY ? APPLY GROUP TO BAD ELEMENTS SHOW ALL STORIES (ALT+
V+L)
CHECK LOAD TRANSFER ERROR RIGHT CLICK> VIEW ALL OBJECTS
? CHANGE STEEL CODE TO AISC 360-05 ? VIEW OPTIONS> DEFAULT
? WALL/COLUMN DISCONTINUITIES ?
? DISPLAY> SHOW TABLES> MODIFIERS ? IF MODEL IS UNABLE TO RUN CHECK IF AT SOME S
TORIES ? CHECK TORSIONAL STABILITY ?
WALLS/COLUMNS ARE DELETED ACCIDENTLY VIEW>3D VIEW>XY PLAN
? EDIT> AUTO RE LABEL ALL ? NOT MAKING A COMPLETE LOAD PATH CHECK ACCORDING TO U
BC
TO HAVE ARRANGED NUMBERING OF SYSTEM VIEW OPTIONS> DEFAULT
? THICKNESS OF SHELLS ? * CHECK OTHER HOR & VER IRREGULARITIES
? END OFFSETS ? IF A SHELL IS DEFINED TOO THIN E.G. 1mm, TRY TO INCREASE

ALL OFFSETS SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC, EXCEPT END OFFSETS ITS THICKNESS AND CHECK LOG
AFTER EACH RUN SO THAT
OF BEAMS RESTING ON BEAMS SHOULD BE CHECKED MODEL IS STABLE.
AND APPLIED MANUALLY, LIKE RIBS IN HCS SLABS
? BEAMS VS COLUMNS ?
? RIGID ZONE FACTOR SHOULD BE ZERO BY DEFAULT ? ALL VERTICAL LINES SHOULD BE DEF
INED AS COLUMNS
ALL HORIZONTAL LINES SHOULD BE DEFINED AS BEAMS
CHECK BY TABLES