ETABS API Pier and Spandrel Forces ETABSv1.dll ETABS 21 & 22

[InnovatorX]

I am trying to extract forces for a specified spandrel at a specific story and location, but the results are provides for all spandrels on all stories and at left & right. I have tried double and single quotations or defining parameters as arrays but no change in results. There seems to be no difference between the followings. Any help is greatly appreciated.


ret = self.sapmodel.Results.SpandrelForce(0, 'ST1', 'S1', [], 'Left', [], [], [], [], [], [])
ret = self.sapmodel.Results.SpandrelForce(0, “ST1”, “S1”, [], “Left”, [], [], [], [], [], [])
ret = self.sapmodel.Results.SpandrelForce()

results:
[4, ('ST2', 'ST2', 'ST1', 'ST1'), ('S2', 'S2', 'S1', 'S1'), ('Dead', 'Dead', 'Dead', 'Dead'), ('Right', 'Left', 'Right', 'Left'), (-342.67, …

ETASB 21.1/22.2
ETABSv1.dll
Python
comtypes

Thanks

 

[sticksandtriangles]

That function returns all of the spandrel forces in the whole project, you would have to do some post processing to edit down the spandrel data to a per level/per spandrel result.

It is helpful to think of "ref" as what is returned from the function, anything with the "ref" keyword is output and not input to the API call.

S&T

 

[InnovatorX]

@sticksandtriangles thanks for your quick reply. Truly appreciated.