10-29-2010, 05:14 AM
hi,
The automatic combinations in ETABS (and SAP, and SAFE) are the code combination for doing the design of the components. If you get DL and three variables loads (live, wind and snow) and the seismic one, that can give more than a hundred combinations and it is very easy to make the CSI program to do itself the combination. It is just in "define conbination" form.
Best regard
Zipatt
The automatic combinations in ETABS (and SAP, and SAFE) are the code combination for doing the design of the components. If you get DL and three variables loads (live, wind and snow) and the seismic one, that can give more than a hundred combinations and it is very easy to make the CSI program to do itself the combination. It is just in "define conbination" form.
Best regard
Zipatt