Thank you for sharing experience. Like you I often design basement walls as simply supported beams, but sometimes when vertical loads are high I also check wall as columns using P-delta analysis and design under combined load.
WillisV, you are right. I have noticed that warning massages points to place in model where two beams intersect with very near but not equal 90 degree. I hope next version of ETABS will have more intelligent automesh, but now I have to draw null line to force automeshing which is really time...
Analysing complex model in Etabs (with part of the building in model is not parallels to main axes), I often get warning messages about losses in accuracy. I guess that the reason is Etabs' automesh function were not working properly. How to fix this problem? Anyone have the same problem with me?
"Dynamic Blocks" is one of the best new features to me. But I wonder is there any way to add formulas to new custom properties I have created to new blocks. For example: Height property of the dynamic block "door" equal heigth property of dynamic block "window" plus 80cm. Or we have to wait...
