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    ETABS Zero Spring Support Displacements in Loaded Condition?

    Hi I'm trying to model a seismically strengthened building which is primarily a gravity shear wall structure, but has had some piles added to existing shear walls as part of the strengthening. I want to use compression only supports, ideally spring supports, to correctly reflect the stiffness of...
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    ETABS Single joint links at point - bi-directional problems

    So reading the help section, this function is suppose to allow application of different support stiffnesses in different directions of the same translation. I want to model piles to be far stiffer in compression than tension. I have defined the link properties and applied them as +Z and -Z in...

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