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Status Needs review
Workspace STAAD.Pro
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 22, 2024

Request Omitted Data from IBC/ASCE7 Seismic Load Generator

There is no method, report, or output command available to display the "k" coefficient used by the program for vertical distribution of seismic base shear per ASCE 7-16, Eq 12.8-2. Since this value can vary with the period it needs to be reported to the engineer for validation.

In conjunction, there is no method to view the seismic mass by node elevation used by the IBC/ASCE7 seismic load generator for structures that have flexible diaphragms. Only the applied seismic force by node elevation may be viewed using PRINT LOAD DATA command. These masses are needed to meet the diaphragm design requirements of ASCE 7-16, sec 12.10.1.

Clearly, both of these are known values calculated by the program and I don't understand why they are not availble to the user as a report or output command. Please add these in a way that could be exported to excel where the user can check, group, manipulate, etc the data as they choose.