I finally cracked into the RAM Structural System API after maybe 3 years of wanting to get into it.
The key to getting in? More powerful googling.
Googling "RAM Structural API" yields some very uninspiring result. Usually the results pointed to the RAM Structural API documentation that …
Sparked by a reddit inquiry, I have added an example on my github to access the database table results using the ETABs API. The python code can be found on github.
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The example code works to access the joint reaction database table results from ETABs v20.
On Decemeber 10th, I logged into my website to be greeted by a scary error message
I had not done anything to the site, so I figured something bad more than likely happened.
The work week was busy, so I was not able to start …
I have used ETABs one way load distribution button for a long time and it works great on flat floors and "slightly sloped roof" to distribute load based on tributary area.
Today though, a coworker of mine noticed on a slightly more pitched roof, angle of about 30 degrees, the …
Now that the user interface for the concrete tool is up and running, I need to start working on the concrete analysis.
The first order of business is a meshing algorithm for the concrete shape.
I do not know exactly …
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- Toni on ETABs Parametric Building
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How do you assess the fineness of the mesh required? More scale or load based?
- retug on Transfer Diaphragm Design
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@316Jq, The way I understand, the diaphragm design force (inertia force) per 12.10.1.1 is the inertia force.
Using the blog example numbers let's say this is 1392 kips.
The transfer diaphragm force could be estimated to be the delta in shears above and below the transfer level ~ (1500 - …
- 316Jq on Transfer Diaphragm Design
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Just wonder how do you separate inertia force and the transfer force? The inertia force might be controlled by the Fpx,min per ASCE12.10-2, while the transfer force might need to be multiplied by rho or omega. This is also briefly discussed in NHERP design guidance you used.