Etabs Mass Summary By Story Better «Linux Hot»

Now, the exported table alone is still not great. Create an Excel pivot table that:

Your custom table should have these columns: | Story | Mass DL (kip-s²/in) | Mass LL (reduced) | Mass Total | Seismic Weight (W) | Cumulative W | |-------|---------------------|-------------------|------------|--------------------|---------------| etabs mass summary by story better

Let’s compare a 6-story concrete building example. Now, the exported table alone is still not great

Don’t just look at the total building mass. Plot the cumulative mass from top to bottom. A better use of this summary is identifying discontinuities: Your custom table should have these columns: |

If a concrete wall extends through a slab, ETABS can double-count the mass at the intersection unless meshing is perfect. The default summary hides this error.