ETABS v22.0.

0 Release Notes
© 2024 Computers and Structures, Inc.

Notice Date: 30-May-2024

This document lists changes made to ETABS since v21.2.0, released 30-November-2023. Items marked
with an asterisk (*) in the first column are more significant.

API
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
1263 The following functions have been added to the Application Programming Interface (API) for
access to the design preferences and design overwrites of the AISC 360-10 and AISC 360-16
steel frame design codes: cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_10.GetOverwrite,
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_10.GetPreference,
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_10.SetOverwrite,
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_10.SetPreference;
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_16.GetOverwrite,
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_16.GetPreference,
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_16.SetOverwrite,
cSapModel.DesignSteel.AISC360_16.SetPreference
10316 An enhancement has been made to add Application Programming Interface (API) functions
DesignConcrete.SetComboStrength and DesignShearWall.SetComboStrength that specify
load combinations for design of concrete frames and shear walls, respectively.
* 10489 Following enhancements have been made to the API: ETABS (ETABSv1.dll) and cross-product
API (CSiAPIv1.dll) libraries have been updated to target .NET Standard 2.0, increasing range
of compatibility to API clients targeting .NET Standard 2.0, .NET Framework 4.6.1 to 4.8.1
and .NET (Core) 2 to .NET 8. Increased support for complex plugins where dependencies of
the plugin might conflict with dependencies of ETABS. Better error handling for API clients
calling API functions that were not implemented by the connected version of ETABS. The
Remote API feature, used to start and/or connect to a running instance of ETABS on a
Remote Computer, has been disabled with the release of ETABS v22.0.0. This functionality
may be added back to the program in a future release. Please see API help file for details
regarding backward & forward compatibility.

Data Files
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10121 Three new frame section libraries have been added conforming to AISC Shapes Database
v16.0. These libraries are consistent with the shape properties and dimensions tabulated in
AISC Steel Construction Manual, 16th Edition, 1st Printing. The new shapes database files
are (1) AISC16.xml - Shapes database in US customary units, (2) AISC16M.xml - Shapes
database in metric units, and (3) AISC16-A1085.xml - This database contains dimensions and
properties for HSS shapes covered under ASTM A1085/A1085M and is in US customary
units.
10364 A new library has been added for standard ASD load tables in XML format for Open Web
Steel Joists (K-Series), Open Web Steel Joists (KCS), Long Span Steel Joists (LH-Series), and
Deep Long Span Steel Joists (DLH-Series) per American National Standard SJI 100-2020.
10441 A new material library has been added for United States materials per the ASTM
A1085/1085M specifications.

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Database Tables
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
6284 An enhancement has been implemented to allow the addition and modification of section-
cut definitions through Interactive Database Editing when the model is Locked or Unlocked.
Previously, section-cut definition could only be edited interactively when the model was
Unlocked.
10289 An enhancement was made to display tabular results for the linear static load cases that are
internally generated to represent the seismic eccentricity for response-spectrum load cases
when using the Chinese license.
10464 Two enhancements to composite beam design were implemented: (1.) The tables of
composite beam overwrites now include the values automatically computed during design
for composite deck width, direction, and id; vibration floor width and floor length; and free
edge parameter when these values have been specified as program-determined. New
columns have been added to the tables to indicate how the overwrites have been specified,
i.e., program-determined or user-defined. (2.) The tables of composite beam design output
now include the values of the beam tributary areas, left and right effective widths, detailed
top flange lengths, and shear stud strengths (two values, if the number of studs per row is
not constant).

Design – Composite Beam

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
* 8196 An enhancement has been made to add composite column design per the CSA S16-19 code.
* 10183 Composite beam design per AISC 360-22 has been added. It is essentially the same as
composite beam design per AISC 360-16, with a slightly more permissive evaluation of the
axial capacity of collector beams. Verification models and manuals adapted from the
Companion to the AISC Steel Construction Manual Design Examples, Version 16.0 are
provided.
* 10188 An enhancement has been made to add composite column design per the AISC 360-22 code.
10279 An enhancement was made to composite beam design such that when an auto-select
section that is assigned to some composite beams includes one or more sections with a
material whose unit weight is zero, optimization of these beams will be based on section
area even when the design preferences specify optimization based on cost (which is
computed based on a cost per pound of steel). Previously the design would favor the largest
section with zero weight, which could be over-conservative.
10290 An enhancement to the composite beam design of cantilevers and their backspans was
implemented. When designing interactively a backspan and checking its shear, moment, and
deflection diagrams, a new checkbox labeled "Apply Load Pattern" lets the user view these
diagrams in the case where there is no live load on the cantilever and there is a partial live
load on the backspan (corresponding to a percentage of the design live load which can be
specified in the Composite Beam Design Preferences form). Note that cantilever backspans
have always been designed for the moments and deflections produced by such loading
patterns, but that the new functionality lets the user visualize how the values are derived.
10303 An enhancement has been made to speed up joist design by using parallel processing,
similar to what has previously been done for steel frame, concrete frame, composite beam,
concrete shear wall, concrete slab strip, and concrete slab FEM design. This feature can be
controlled using the Analyze menu > Advanced Design and Response Recovery Options
command for Number of Threads for Design.
10306 An enhancement to steel joist design was implemented. The Interactive Steel Joist Design
and Review form has been reorganized with new functionalities added, such as: (1.)
changing the selected beam design by clicking on it in the form, (2.) reviewing all tentative
designs, including the ones that fail, and (3.) switching between results for the originally
selected beam or for the most critical beam in the group when the selected beam is part of a
group selected for steel joist design.

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10372 An incident was resolved for composite beam design where attempts to design composite
beams that were adjacent to a deck whose fill material was of a metal type would trigger a
series of error messages, one per beam, which all had to be dismissed. Now such beams will
be designed as non-composite. A related enhancement has been implemented where the
choices of slab material and deck material in the Deck Property Data form are now restricted
to concrete and steel materials, respectively.
10425 Steel joist design per the SJI 2010 code has been enhanced so that the design calculations
can now be exported to reports and tables.
10433 An enhancement to the design of composite collector beams per the AISC 360-16 and 360-
22 codes was implemented. When designing a composite collector beam and computing its
unbraced length Lz for the limit-state of constrained-axis torsional buckling, ETABS now
considers that the beams framing into it locally prevent its section from twisting. A related
enhancement was implemented: The user can now overwrite the value of Lz computed by
ETABS in the Composite Beam Overwrites form. Note that this enhancement is specific to
design per the AISC 360-16 and 360-22 codes because composite collector beams can only
be designed per these two codes.
10482 An enhancement has been made for the AISC 2010 and AISC 2016 composite column design
codes where a new table showing shear design details has been added to the Envelope tab
of the right-click design report.

Design – Concrete Frame

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
5389 An enhancement has been made to the concrete frame design code “ACI 318-19” where the
design now considers the interaction of major- and minor-direction shear forces in a column
per ACI 318-19 sections 22.5.1.10 and 22.5.1.11. It is noted that if any of Vu,x/phi*Vn,x or
Vu,y/phi*Vn,y is less than 0.5, or if Vu,x/phi*Vn,x + Vu,y/phi*Vn,y is less than 1.5, this
enhancement has no effect per ACI 318-19 sections 22.5.1.10 and 22.5.1.11.
* 10025 An enhancement was made to add joint-shear design for ACI 318-19 concrete frame design.
Joint shear is now performed for Ordinary moment frames (OMF) in Seismic Design Category
(SDC) B, for Intermediate moment frames (IMF), and for Special moment frame (SMF). The
joint shear force for OMF and IMF are computed using the nominal flexural strength of the
beams. SMF joint shear is computed using the probable flexural strength of the beams.

Design – Shear Wall

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
* 5391 An enhancement has been made to the concrete shear-wall design code “ACI 318-19” where
now the design amplifies the factored shear forces, Vu, in a Special Structural Wall to
calculate the design shear force Ve (Ve = Omega_v * w_v * Vu < 3.0 * Vu) per ACI 318-19
section 18.10.3.1. The documentation has been updated accordingly. This check for Special
Structural Walls was not present in earlier versions.
10320 An enhancement was added for ACI 318-19 shear wall design output where hw/Lw and
AlphaC parameters are provided.

Design – Slab
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10323 An enhancement was added for Chinese 2010 slab design code where the design preference
item "Negative Moment Modifier" was renamed as "Gravity Negative Moment Reduction
Factor". This reduction factor will now be applicable for gravity combinations only. When
this factor is less than 1, negative moment will be reduced and positive moment will be
amplified for any design combination that includes gravity loads only. Previously, this factor
was applied to all load combinations and only used for reducing the negative design
moment.

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Design – Steel Frame
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
1879 An enhancement was made for the AISC 360-16 steel frame design code where now the
design preferences and overwrites “HSS Welding Type (ERW)” and “Reduce HSS Thickness?”
(Preference items 28 and 29 and Overwrite items 41 and 42) have been removed. The AISC
Section database for the 15th Edition already included the necessary reduction in tube/pipe
thickness, making these items obsolete.
9407 The following enhancements have been made to the steel frame design code NZS 3404:1997
based on the determination of whether a member or a segment of a member is fully lateral
restrained or not. A member or segment is now considered to be fully laterally restrained if
Mbx = Msx (NZS 5.3.2.2.1) for that member or segment, which implies that alpha_m *
alpha_s > 1 according to NZS 5.6.1.1(1). (1.) For a member with axial compression and
bending about the x-axis, the following moment ratio is checked per NZS 8.4.4.1.1 only when
the member or segment does not have full lateral restraint: M*x / phi*M_ox. Here M*x is
the design moment, and M_ox is the nominal out-of-plane member moment capacity.
Previously, the ratio was checked irrespective of whether the member or segment had full
lateral restraint. (2.) When a member or segment is fully laterally restrained, and the PMM
interaction for a compression member with biaxial bending is checked per NZS 8.4.5.1, then
M_cx is set to M_ix instead of min(M_ix, M_ox). For members that are not fully laterally
retrained, M_cx is set to the minimum of M_ix and M_ox, as done previously. (3.) When a
member or segment is fully laterally restrained, and the PMM interaction for a tensile
member with biaxial bending is checked per NZS 8.4.5.2, then M_tx is set to M_rx instead of
the minimum of M_rx and M_ox). M_tx is still set to the minimum of M_rx and M_ox, as
done previously, for members that are not fully laterally retrained.
* 9466 An enhancement has been made to add the AISC 360-22 steel frame design code which
covers "ANSI/AISC 360-22 An American National Standard: Specification for Structural Steel
Buildings, August 1, 2022" and "ANSI/AISC 341-22: An American National Standard: Seismic
Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings, September 26, 2022."
* 9933 Steel Connection Design based on the AISC 360-22 code has been added. Beam-Beam,
Beam-Column and Column-base connections are covered. Both welded and bolted
connections are included. Step-by-step calculation reports are produced for each limit state.
Documentation and verification examples are available.
10065 Steel Connection Design based on the AISC 360-22 code has been added. Beam-Beam,
Beam-Column and Column-base connections are covered. Both welded and bolted
connections are included. Step-by-step calculation reports are produced for each limit state.
Documentation and verification examples are available.
* 10184 Steel joist design has been enhanced with the following new features: (1.) New joist design
code SJI 100-2020 has been added, making it possible to design joist beams on the basis of
their internal forces. (2.) A new type of steel joist section has been added, "Custom joist
section", whose definition includes component section data. (3.) A detailed calculation
report has been implemented.
10235 An incident was resolved for steel connection design where results were not available if the
design load combinations had been created automatically by running steel frame design and
no user-defined load combinations were specified.
10280 An enhancement has been made to the EN 1993-1-1:2005 and Italian NTC 2008 and NTC
2018 steel frame designs where now warning messages are shown in black color in the
design report. Previously, they were shown in red, causing confusion with failure messages.
Additionally, warning messages are no longer shown for the command Display Design Info >
Identify All Failures, as they do not represent failure. Previously, warning messages were
shown as "O" (meaning Others).

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10314 An enhancement has been made to the steel frame design codes EN 1993-1-
1:2005/A1:2014, NTC 2008, and NTC 2018 where previously a warning message was issued
whenever Ved exceeded 0.5*Vplrd for any location in a column, or whenever Ved exceeded
0.5*Vplrd or Ned exceeded 0.5*Nplrd for any location in a beam. Now the design issues an
error message when Ved exceeds 0.5*Vplrd for any location in a column per EC8 6.6.3(4).
Similarly, an error message is issued when Ved exceeds 0.5*Vplrd or Ned exceeds 0.5*Nplrd
for any potential plastic hinge location in a beam per EC8 6.6.2(2). The new behavior is more
restrictive (due to EC8 code clauses) and is reported as an error instead of a warning.
10503 An enhancement was made in steel frame design codes AISC 360-10, AISC 360-16, and AISC
360-22, where now the design amplifies the moments with B1 and B2 factors for all
members when the analysis method is set to “Limited First Order Analysis.” Previously, this
amplification was ignored since this method applies only when all ratios of axial forces to
their corresponding Euler buckling capacities were less than 0.5, and it was assumed that
the amplifications were small.
10505 An enhancement was made to steel frame design codes AISC 360-10, AISC 360-16, and AISC
360-22, where now the design amplifies the moments with any user-specified overwritten
B1 and B2 factors for all members when the second order method is chosen as “General
Second Order Method.” This applies to both the “Direct Analysis Method” and the "Effective
Length Method". Previously, amplifying the moments and axial forces with calculated or
overwritten B1 and B2 was done only when the second-order method was chosen as the
“Amplified First Order Method.” Allowing specification of overwritten B1 and B2 factors
provides more flexibility to the user. By default, B1 and B2 factors are not calculated and are
taken as one, if not overwritten, for the “General Second Order Method”, preserving the
previous behavior.

Detailing
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10259 An enhancement was made to detailing to be able to add or remove a beam section using
detailing explorer Sections node, and to reference the added section in the Beam Views
node of the detailing explorer.

Documentation
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10501 A documentation incident was resolved for steel frame design per the AISC 360-16 and AISC
360-22 codes where the corresponding manuals have been updated for the "Single Angles"
sections to remove the phrase “unsymmetric (unequal leg)” from the paragraph in section
3.6.3, “Unsymmetric Members Subjected to Flexure and Axial Force.” This modification is a
documentation change only, and the calculated design results remain unaffected.

External Import and Export

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10172 An enhancement was made to add support for JINDAL and TATA Steel Shapes when
importing STAAD (.std) files.
10539 The coefficient of thermal expansion as specified in ETABS concrete materials is now
exported to SAFE for slab and beam properties when using the command File > Export >
Story as SAFE V12.f2k File. This feature requires SAFE v22.0.0 or later.

Installation and Licensing

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
* 10224 The version number has been changed to 22.0.0 for a new major release.

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Loading
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
* 1870 A new feature has been added for assessing the serviceability of steel-framed floor systems
subjected to vibrations caused by walking activities. The methodology follows the
procedures outlined in Chapter 7 - Finite Element Analysis Methods - of the AISC Steel
Design Guide 11: Vibrations of Steel-Framed Structural Systems Due to Human Activity,
Second Edition. Various walking excitations and their response at different locations can be
specified through the definition of excitation sets. Utilizing steady-state analysis, a walking
load is applied at each excitation location and the corresponding accelerations are measured
at the response location. These accelerations are then compared to established human-
comfort tolerance levels. The results are displayed in an interactive form featuring a table of
key calculations and various plots for visualization of the response. Results can also be
displayed and exported as database tables.
* 9808 Response spectrum function for Kyrgyztan "SNiP KR 20-02:2018" has been added.
10237 An enhancement has been implemented to expose the short-period design spectral
acceleration (Sds) input for Method 1 for computing seismic coefficients when defining auto
seismic load patterns per ASCE 7-22 code. Previously, Sds input was only available for
Method 2.
* 10248 Auto wind load has been added for the Vietnamese code TCVN 2737:2023.

Results Display and Output

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
1671 The hinge status results for deformation-controlled (ductile) Interacting P-M2, P-M3, M2-M3
and P-M2-M3 hinges has been improved so that the hinge status is computed during each
step of analysis based on acceptance criteria strain limits that correspond to location of the
hinge state on its interaction surface at each step of analysis. This change resolves the issue
where, in previous versions, the acceptance criteria strain limits used to determine hinge
status were locked at the first instance of yielding, leading to unexpected hinge status
results when a hinge yielded in one primary direction and had significant deformation in the
orthogonal direction. The backbone curve shown in the Hinge Response plot (Display
menu>Show Hinge Results) is unchanged and will still display the backbone curve and
acceptance criteria strains corresponding to the first instance of yield for interacting hinges.
8566 An enhancement was made to display the following tabular results for the linear static load
cases that are internally generated to compute story stiffness when using the Chinese
license: (1.) Diaphragm Center of Mass Displacements, (2.) Diaphragm Max Over Avg Drifts,
(3.) Story Drifts, (4.) Story Max Over Avg Displacements, (5.) Story Max Over Avg Drifts, (6.)
Story Forces. Additionally, the summary report has been enhanced for Chinese version of
the program to display output for items 1, 2, 3, and 6 above only for the wind and seismic
loads.
10214 Auto wind-load calculations for AS/NZS 1170.2:2011 and 2021 loading codes have been
added to the project report.

Structural Model
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10174 The frame auto-hinge of type "From Tables in ASCE 41-13 with EC8 2005, Part 3 Acceptance
Criteria" has been updated to use the following references from EC8 2005: (1.) Table B.1 for
steel beam and column flexural and P-M2-M3 hinges, (2.) Table B.2 and B.3 for steel brace
axial hinges, and (3.) Eq. A.10a, Sec. A.3.2.3, and Eq. A.3 for concrete beam and column
flexural and P-M2-M3 hinges.

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* 10239 An enhancement was made to add the capability for automatic generation of frame
nonlinear hinges based on recommendations in ASCE 41-23. This includes (1.) Steel beam,
column, and brace hinges using the reference standard AISC 342-22 as specified in ASCE 41-
23 Chapter 9, and (2.) concrete beam, column, shear wall, and coupling beam hinges using
the reference standard ACI 369.1-22 as specified in ASCE 41-23 Chapter 10.
10507 An enhancement was made to keep curved edges of walls as curves after performing the
edit operation of meshing them into n1 x n2 segments. In earlier versions these curved
edges would become straight edges.

User Interface
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
* 10236 ETABS has been updated to support Windows .NET 8. This does not affect most users
directly, except perhaps by associated changes to the Application Programming Interface
(API), either by explicit use of the API by the user or through the use of third-party
applications or Plug-ins. API programmers should see Ticket 10489 for more information.
Users experiencing problems with third-party applications or Plug-Ins should contact the
supplier for an updated application or Plug-In that will work with ETABS v22.0.0.
10256 An enhancement has been implemented to allow users to create design strip and support
lines based on coordinate systems for any tower in multiple tower models. Previously, the
strips and support lines could only be generated for the first tower in the model.
10273 A change was made to the Italian NTC 2008 and 2018 auto wind load patterns, removing the
input Shape Factor, cp, which was redundant. The wind velocity label has also been changed
from Vb to vr. These changes were propagated to the database tables and the API. The
documentation has been updated, including changing the label qb to qr.
10429 An incident was resolved where there could be a long delay in displaying the Load Case
Definition form for very large models when the Modify/Show button was used to access the
Load Case Data form. This issue typically only affected models that had a very large number
of joints.
10491 An enhancement has been implemented where tendon high/low vertical profile point
values, displayed in the GUI, are now shown from the bottom of the beam if the tendon is in
the beam. Previously, the profile values were always being shown from the bottom of the
slab even if the tendon was in beam(s).

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Analysis
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10275 An incident was resolved where, for linear or nonlinear direct-integration time-history load
cases that have modal damping enabled, the maximum considered model frequency was
applied even when the "Maximum Considered Modal Frequency" checkbox was not
selected. This has been resolved so the cutoff frequency is not applied if the "Maximum
Considered Modal Frequency" checkbox is not selected.
10457 An incident was resolved where, for certain models, the error message "Error in
dimensioning Arrays. Check available space on disk." would be displayed when running the
analysis after changing analysis options (Analyze menu > Advanced SAPFire Options). After
clicking OK to close the error message, the analysis would run and results would be
produced. Results were not affected. This was an internal error only.
* 10551 An incident was resolved where a model with analysis results could either (1) get
inadvertently unlocked, losing results, or (2) to display a warning message when reopening
the model about analysis results possibly being incompatible with the model. This issue was
triggered by running the analysis once, and then running it again without changing or adding
any load cases to be run. After the second run, the warning message "No load cases set to
run" would be shown and the model would appear to remain locked. However, if the model
was then saved and reopened, it would become unlocked and results were lost. If the model
was not saved and subsequently reopened, the warning message was shown and results
could be recovered by choosing that option.
* 10609 An issue was resolved where very large models (e.g. models with more than 1,000,000 point,
line, and area elements and/or 10,000,000 equations) failed to run.

API
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
3040 An incident was resolved for the Application Programming Interface where third-party
plugins failed to load if both the plugin and the main program were dependent on different
and incompatible versions of the same assembly.
10252 An incident was resolved for the Application Programming Interface (API) where the
function FrameObj.SetLateralBracing was not actually applying the frame bracing data even
though the function returned a zero (success) value. The function documentation has also
been updated to include descriptions for the function parameters.
10263 An incident was resolved for the Application Programming Interface (API) to add two new
functions LoadPatterns.AutoSeismic.GetASCE716_1 and
LoadPatterns.AutoSeismic.GetASCE716_1 where the argument nDir is a zero-based array,
consistent with all other related API functions. In the previous functions
LoadPatterns.AutoSeismic.GetASCE716 and LoadPatterns.AutoSeismic.GetASCE716, nDir
was a one-based array. These obsolescent functions are retained for backward compatibility.

Database Tables
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
9996 An incident was resolved where importing the table "Load Pattern Definitions - Auto Wind -
User Loads" could result in a loss of data if you specified the Number Load Sets item on
more than the first record for a given wind load pattern. Now repeated specifications will be
ignored if they are less than the largest previous value for the given wind load pattern, or
they will overwrite previous values if larger. This affected imported database-table files,
interactive database editing, and table import using the application programming interface
(API).
10209 An incident was resolved where the display of certain concrete design-detail tables would
not display if any objects in the table were overstressed. This was a display issue only and
results were not affected.

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10302 An incident was resolved where exporting a model to an ETABS Database table file
(Access/Excel/XML/text format) was not writing the tendon vertical profile parameters C
and ZC when the following conditions were met: the tendon had more than 2 spans, and the
second span of the tendon had a linear tendon profile.
10436 An incident was resolved in design overwrites and preferences tables in reports where some
tables that were supposed to be displayed as vertical were displayed as horizontal. This only
affected ETABS v21.2.0.

Design – Composite Beam

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10267 An incident affecting composite beam design was resolved. When a model contained one or
more pairs of cantilevers and associated backspans with the backspans using composite
beam design and the cantilevers using a different design method (e.g., steel frame design),
then attempts to run composite beam design for the entire model caused ETABS to
terminate unexpectedly. When this occurred, the error was obvious and no results were
available. This incident affected ETABS v21.2.0 only. The workaround was to specify
matching design methods for cantilevers and their associated backspans.
10278 An incident affecting composite beam design was resolved. When a model featured
composite cantilever beams and backspans and none of the composite beams had an auto-
section assigned to them, designing all the composite beams resulted in ETABS displaying
the message: "Error while multi-processing design. Turn off multi-processing and design
again?", at which point picking the OK button was necessary for successful completion of the
design. Design results were not affected. This incident affected ETABS.
10353 An incident affecting composite beam design was resolved. When the Occupancy Category
was changed in the Vibration tab of the Composite Beam Overwrites form, the values of the
Damping Ratio Acceleration Limit and Additional Live Load were updated to new default
values in the form but not in the model. Actually updating them in the model required
returning to the form and resetting their values. This affected ETABS v21.2.0 only. When this
occurred, the results agreed with the model, the strength of the designed beams was still
adequate, and the model design criteria were documented in the output.
10533 An incident was resolved for composite beam design where the left deck id could not be set
to None in the Composite Beam Design overwrites form. The problem was specific to the
deck id on the left side of the beam - the deck id on the right side of the beam was fully
controllable. This affected ETABS v21.2.0 only. For the affected beams, the deck id that was
actually used in the calculations was documented in the output.
10569 An incident affecting composite beam design was resolved. Selecting the Composite Beam
Design Reset All Overwrites command and then selecting the Composite Beam Design
View/Revise Preferences and then clicking OK resulted in an abnormal program termination.
This incident affected ETABS v14.1.0 and later. A workaround was to design some composite
beams in-between selecting the two above commands.

Design – Concrete Frame

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10587 An incident has been resolved for the Eurocode 2-2004 concrete frame design for crack
width in which the moment-curvature relationship could not be calculated for certain beam
sections. These sections had the sum of the top and bottom concrete covers being larger
than the thickness of the sections.

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Design – Steel Frame
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10249 An incident was resolved for the "KBC 2016" and "KBC 2009" steel frame design codes
where the flexural strength of wide flange sections considering lateral-torsional buckling was
incorrectly calculated for certain conditions, specifically when Iyc/Iy was needed to compare
with 0.23. Instead, the program erroneously compared Iyc/Ix with 0.23. For doubly-
symmetric I-shapes with noncompact webs and singly-symmetric with noncompact or
compact webs, and in the case where Lb > Lr, then Mn was conservatively calculated for the
situation when both Iyc/Ic > 0.23 and Iyc/Ix < 0.23. In this case, J was taken as zero, and Fcr
was calculated conservatively. The calculation of Lp and Lr was unaffected.
10250 An incident was resolved for certain steel frame design codes where the moment capacity
for the lateral-torsional-buckling limit state of box sections was incorrect when I22 > I33. The
affected codes were AISC 360-16, CSA S16-19, and CSA S16-14. The Cb factors (AISC) and the
Omega2 factors (CSA) were always being calculated for the M33 moment diagrams. Now
they are calculated based on the moments about the major axis of bending, which is M22
when I22 > I33.
10310 An incident was resolved for steel joint design where changes made to sections in the
Interactive Steel Joist Design and Review form could not be undone with the Undo
command. Design results were not affected.
10318 An incident was resolved for the Canadian CSA S16-19 steel frame design code where the
section property beta_w for unequal-leg angles was incorrectly taken as zero. Now it is
properly determined and used in calculation of flexural strength in consideration of lateral-
torsional buckling.
10380 An incident was resolved for the CSA S16-19 and CSA S16-14 steel frame design codes in
which the value of the Omega1 factor was incorrectly calculated using the ratio of the
factored moments at the opposite ends of the unbraced segment. It is now corrected to use
the ratio of the factored moments at the opposite ends of the full member length.
10414 An incident was resolved for the CSA S16-19 steel frame design code where the
compactness of the web of I-sections subjected to bending about the minor axis was
incorrectly determined for the case where the factored compressive load was less than 40%
of the compressive strength at yielding. In addition, the condition of (Mfy/Sy) > 0.9(Mfx/Sx)
used to check for web compactness subjected to axial compression and bending about both
principal axes was not implemented properly.
* 10420 An incident was resolved for the CSA S16-14 and CSA S16-19 steel frame design codes where
the value of the shear stress Fs was determined incorrectly for the case of h/w >
1014/sqrt(Fy) in Section 13.4.1.1(a)(ii & iii). Fs was always set to have the value of 0.66Fy for
almost all common design sections. As a result, the shear design was under-conservative.
10469 An incident was resolved for the Chinese 2018 steel frame design code where the design
report showed the message "Section Overstressed" for all frame members when the
Demand/Capacity ratio was set to be less than 1.0. This was just a reporting issue and design
results were not affected.
10515 An incident has been resolved in steel frame codes CSA S16-14 and CSA S16-19 in which the
slenderness ratio check has now been enforced as mandatory per CSA 10.4.2.1. The program
previously issued a warning instead of an error. Now, the program issues an error message
and fails the member.
* 10545 An incident has been resolved in the AISC steel frame design codes in which the required
design strengths for braces, beams outside the link portion, and columns of an EBF based on
capacity-limited horizontal seismic load effect, Ecl, was limited to Emh (= Omega0 * Q_E).
The Ecl is now calculated based only on the link strengths and corresponding seismic forces
on the link per AISC 341 clauses B2 and F3.3 without enforcing the limit of Emh. The
computed force is no longer taken as a minimum of Ecl and Emh. The affected codes are
AISC 360-10, AISC 360-16, and AISC 360-22.

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Detailing
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10119 An incident was resolved for detailing where sometimes beam locations were not drawn
correctly in the framing plan due to an internal tolerance check.
10204 An incident was resolved for detailing where the Copy feature in the Beam Detailing Editor
was not copying the concrete cover thickness.
10217 An incident was resolved where the beam and column stirrup orientation could be incorrect
in the EXR file exported from ETABS to Revit.
10408 An incident was resolved for detailing where some walls were not being merged in the wall
detailing plan view.
10535 An incident was resolved for detailing where beam top rebars were not provided for non-
seismic beams.

Drafting and Editing

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10291 An incident was resolved where, in some cases, drawing a tendon at area-edge intersections
could cause an abnormal termination of the software. Similarly, an abnormal termination
could occur when drawing a tendon in a plan view for which drawing limits had been turned
on.

External Import and Export

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10308 An incident was resolved for Italian NTC 2018 and 2008 auto seismic and auto wind load
patterns which were not imported correctly using ETABS Text File (.E2K or .$ET) option. Note
that this is the standard ETABS text file, not the text version of the database tables.
10311 An incident was resolved where the PT tendon layout and vertical profiles were not
imported correctly from the text model file (.$ET or .E2K) when tendon supports had been
edited by user.
10326 An incident was resolved where exporting a floor to a SAFE .F2K would not include multi-
step loads in a design load combination if the multi-step load case was not the last load case
listed in the exported design combination.
10397 An incident was resolved for the ASCE 7-22 response spectrum function where models with
Site Class D were not able to be imported correctly from the text model file (.E2K, .$ET).
10512 An incident was resolved where a 4-noded area object with an internal angle greater
than180 degrees was not being deleted when a model text file (.$ET/.E2k ) was imported
even though a message was presented that the illegal element was detected.
10546 An incident affecting import of .EXR files from Revit was resolved. Revit analytical members
drawn from top to bottom, or from right to left if they were horizontal, and with Y offsets at
their ends were imported with axis 3 offsets that were the opposite of the Revit original
offsets. (Revit analytical members local axes Y and Z correspond to ETABS frame objects
local axes 2 and the opposite of local axes 3, respectively.) When this occurred, the error
was visible in extruded view, the analysis results agreed with the model. This incident
affected all versions of ETABS capable of importing .EXR files from Revit.

Loading
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10300 An incident was resolved for the Eurocode 8-2004 auto-seismic load pattern where, when
selecting "Other" as the country, the factors would get reset to zero next time the form was
opened. This error only affected v21.2.0.

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Results Display and Output
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10255 An incident was resolved where ASCE 41-13NSP pushover curves were sometimes unable to
compute a target displacement for nonlinear static pushover load cases where the
monitored displacement was in the negative direction. This issue only affected ETABS
v21.2.0.
10281 An incident was resolved where, if nested load combinations were defined with more than
one level of dependency and the load combinations were defined out-of-order, then the
top-level nesting combination could report incorrect results. For example, this issue could
occur if load combinations A, B, and C were present where combination A was referenced in
B and combination B was referenced in C, and load combination C was defined before A and
B. Both conditions needed to be present for the issue to occur.
10296 An incident was resolved where displaying "General Reinforcement Details" using command
Design > Concrete Frame Design > Display Design Info in DirectX graphics mode was
reversing the rebar results at supports. Results were correctly displayed in Standard
Graphics mode.
10342 An incident was resolved where an abnormal termination error may occur when using the
Plot Functions feature (Display menu > Plot Functions) to view results for a Staged
Construction load case where the Results Saved setting was set to "End of Each Stage".
10463 An incident was resolved where analysis results for nonlinear links could not be displayed
when user-defined scaling of the force or moment diagram was requested. Automatic
scaling worked correctly. No results were affected.

Section Designer
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10592 An incident has been resolved for the curved wall section drawn in section designer.
Previously, the location of the center of gravity of the curved wall section was determined
incorrectly, resulting in incorrect calculation of the moment-curvature relationship and the
axial-moment interaction curves.

Structural Model
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
* 10284 An incident was resolved where the self-mass or mass converted from self-weight from area
objects was being ignored if the area objects were tagged to be only used for rigid-
diaphragm and mass assignments. Any mass explicitly assigned to these area objects was
included in the analysis, just not the self mass. This issue only affected ETABS v21.2.0, not
previous versions.
10299 An incident was resolved where performing a divide operation on area or line objects
followed by an undo operation would lose some assignments on the original objects.
Specifically, it affected assignments of additional mass, property modifiers, and insertion-
points on areas (shells) as well as assignments of additional mass, property modifiers,
partial-fixity springs, insertion points and joint offsets on lines (frames).
10451 An incident was resolved where additional lateral mass may have been erroneously added
to the top story of a model if the model had joints with mass that were located at an
elevation that exceeded the height of the top-most story in the model, and also the option
to "Lump Lateral Mass at Story Levels" had been enabled for the particular mass source that
was used for analysis. (Define menu > Mass Source). When this issue occurred, the
additional mass was reflected in the "Mass Summary by Story" and "Assembled Joint
Masses" display tables.

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 * Ticket Description
10527 An incident was resolved where, for a frame object assigned with a Section Designer type of
frame section, the "From Design" option for rebar ratio for creep analysis (Assign menu >
Frame > Column/Brace Rebar Ratio for Creep Analysis) may give a rebar ratio that does not
correspond to the rebar actually used in the section. The rebar ratio used for creep and
shrinkage analysis agreed with the value listed in the Frame Information form (right-click
menu for the object).

User Interface
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10231 An incident was resolved where the mouse wheel did not work for zooming in or out of a
plan view when using Standard graphics mode. Elevation and 3D views were not affected.
DirectX graphics mode was not affected.
10243 An incident was resolved where the tendon system could not be changed from bonded to
unbonded when editing the tendon by right-clicking or through the Edit menu. The system
could only be changed from the default unbonded to bonded when the tendon was edited
for the very first time or when using interactive database editing.
10272 An incident was resolved where changing the story height in a model with PT tendons could
cause an abnormal termination of the software.
10340 An incident was resolved where, when an incompatible panel-zone type was assigned to
multiple hinges, the "Error in assigning panel zone" pop-up message was shown multiple
times in sequence. This behavior has been improved so that a single pop-up message is
shown with the number of panel zones that were unable to be assigned.
10394 An incident was resolved where an abnormal termination of the software could occur if,
while working with the Mass Source Data, the Modify button was clicked when there were
no load patterns in the list. Now the Modify button is disabled in such a case.

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