Both methods are good for modeling structures in ETABS. The first one will be better for structures with irregular shape, while the second one will be better for regular multi-story buildings
I think that amadeus recomendation is a good one.
I also have a question to amadeus, what are the bugs that you have observed or you know that ETABS V7.10 have? I worked recently with ETABS V7.10 and i would like to know what are the bugs version 7.10 have...
thank you for your attention..
ernesto
Hello fiends and colleagues of this forum...
I need for academical purpouses, the formulas to calculate the maximun displacement at the top of a coupled shear wall subjected to a triangular loading and also to a concentrated load at the top, using the laminar method (approximate) suggested by...
Hello fiends and colleagues of this forum...
I need for academical purpouses, the formulas to calculate the maximun displacement at the top of a coupled shear wall subjected to a triangular loading and also to a concentrated load at the top, using the laminar method (approximate) suggested by...