ETABS Specific Adapter Features

Properties in Etabs

Any property type object will use its name as its identifier in ETABS. Therefore it is important that all properties being pushed has a name defined, and that this is unique.

Property objects include:

• SectionProperties
• SurfaceProperties
• Materials
• Supports
• BarReleases
• LinkConstraints

EtabsSettings

• ReplaceLoads - Toggles whether any existing load on an object for a specific load pattern should be replaced when a new load for that object and load pattern is pushed.

Diaphragm

A diaphragm object can be applied to a Panel via the "SetDiaphragm" method. The diaphragm can be set to Rigid or SemiRigid. Please make sure that all panels applied with the same diaphragm has the same elevation.

BarInsertionPoint

The insertion point for the bars can be set via the "SetInsertionPoint" method. The options for the insertion point are:

1. BottomLeft
2. BottomCenter
3. BottomRight
4. MiddleLeft
5. MiddleCenter
6. MiddleRight
7. TopLeft
8. TopCenter
9. TopRight
10. Centroid
11. ShearCenter

Bar auto length offset

The auto length offset can be controlled via the SetAutoLengthOffset method.

MassSource