ETABS - Show tributary area 2

[daniele15]

Hi,
I would like to visualize on the etabs model the output of the calculation of the tributary areas of a concrete floor (slab) on the columns, in order to check the results with the manual calculation. Is it possible to show it graphically (with lines that determinate the area that goes to each column)?
thank you.

 

[ggcdn]

I don't believe it is possible to graphically display. There is a table output for calculated trib areas, but no graphical display of it.

-JA
try [link calcs.app]Calcs.app[/url] and let me know what you think

 

[EZBuilding]

Assign a 1 psf load and then check the reaction for that load case. The reaction will be the tributary area.

 

[hotmailbox]

Use Visicon to open ETABS file you can see visually tributary area for each column. The tributary area is estimated but good enough to see where the loads go to.

 

[eng-erik]

Hi @daniele15, I don't think it's possible in ETABS, but I've used tribby3d in the past to calculate and display tributary areas of columns and walls. Might be worth looking into.