Section Cut 1

[Shz713]

Hi all,

I have made a slab using shell elements. I would like to draw a section through longitudinal direction of slab to view the shear and moments by plotting them in Excel. When I use section cut definition in SAP2000, I tried defining both by group and quadrilateral plane but the output is just as one point. here is the link to what is described by CSI Knowledge Base: Link

This is the slab I want to draw a section cut through its centerline. i already grouped all of these elements and tried defining different quadrilateral plane, but none of them worked.

Any suggestion is appreciated

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[Shz713]

I was able to spot out the correct direction for section cuts. For design or analysis purpose F3 is taken as vertical shear and M2 is taken as moment considering the fact the local coordinate system of section cuts when made parallel to global X is as follows:

To compare with frame elements output: F1=P, F2=V3, F3=V2, M1=T, M2=M33, M3=M22

Regardless of direction of section cut (either parallel or orthogonal to Global X), the output is as I mentioned. For more infor refere to Link

Cheers,

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