Ok, i realized i wasn't assigning these links. After i have done that, and have re-analyzed it and displayed the link forces, with a simple frame, i am not seeing any forces. With a complex building, i run out of null steps, even with a limit of 1000 steps. I am still missing something...
Thanks for the detailed reply, it is significanly more then what CSI sent me. All they said was set the compression limit to 0.
I have done all of the steps you listed but when i go to view the LINK FORCES it is not an option. What do you think is wrong?
I am a relatively new user to ETABS. I am trying to define bracing as Tension only. I set compression limit to 0 but i still see axial compression when i analzye the memeber. What am i doing wrong?
What are ETABS and SAP abbreviations of? I am preparing a scope of work for a job and it is suggested that i give the long form of these abbreviaitons. I have always just known them as TAB, ETABS and SAP. I haven't been able to find it anywhere, or at least nothing jumped out at me.
