Etabs End Offsets

[itez]

How do you adjust the end offsets settings in Etabs so the beam support would have zero moments for just two columns and one beam model? The default is non-zero moments even from new installations.

 

[bookowski]

It doesn't sound like you are talking about offsets, you want to change the ends from fixed to pinned correct?

Choose your beam (or column) and from menu Assign > Frame/Line > Frame Releases/Partial Fixity

 

[JayZ12]

Select a beam. Then Assign > Frame/Line > End (Length) Offsets.

The default in etabs puts moment into the column assuming an eccentricity from the beam connection.

 

[itez]

I have changed the above. But it still doesn't work. I uploaded the etab file here. Pls upload it back with the beam coinciding with the column and Display/Show Member Forces/Stress Diagram/Frame/Pier/Spandrel Forces would show 0 moment at support in Moment 3-3, Static Dead Load (left click to show the moment diagram graphics).

 

[itez]

I got it. But see attached picture of the etabs moment diagram. Even though I made the beam continuous from left to right. How come the moments at center is not aligned? What settings to adjust to make it aligned? I made moment connections between all the elements but didn't work. Thanks.

 

[wannabeSE]

Itez,
Do you have an engineering background? Etabs is a powerful program. But a good understanding of structural engineering is required to use it. If you have an engineering education and are new to the profession, this is a question that you should discuss with a mentor.