ETABS v22.1.

0 Release Notes
© 2024 Computers and Structures, Inc.

Notice Date: 11-July-2024

This document lists changes made to ETABS since v22.0.0, released 31-May-2024. Items marked with an
asterisk (*) in the first column are more significant.

Design – Concrete Frame

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10637 An enhancement has been made to ACI concrete codes "ACI 318-14" and "ACI 318-19" for
torsion design if redistribution of torsion and forces are identified. The members for which
redistribution is identified are designed for a torsion maximum of Tu and phi * Tcr per
section ACI 318-14 22.7.3 and ACI 318-19 22.7.3. The members for which redistribution is
not identified are designed for a torsion Tu obtained from analysis. If a member is
overwritten with a reduction factor for torsional stiffness or if the member is assigned a
section for which a reduction factor for torsional stiffness is applied, it is considered to
redistribute torsion.

Design – Steel Frame

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10634 An enhancement has been made to the steel frame design code AISC 360-22 in which the
expression for the Cb factor for singly symmetric I-shapes has been modified to include the
effect of singly symmetric I-shape parameter, Rm, per AISC commentary equation C-F1-3.
The manual has been updated accordingly. In addition, the manual has been updated to
include the effect of axial tension on Cb per AISC section H1.2, where Cb is amplified by a
factor sqrt(1+alpha*Pr/Pey). The program was correct regarding the latter effect.

Graphics
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
2267 An incident was resolved where tabulated values for joint reactions were not being
displayed in the GUI for restrained joints that are internally created because of auto
meshing. Joint reactions as arrows were being shown for internal joints as expected.

Installation and Licensing

Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
10619 The version number has been changed to v22.1.0 for a new intermediate release.

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Structural Model
Enhancements Implemented
* Ticket Description
2401 An enhancement was made to use Mander confined concrete curves based on transverse
reinforcement data specified in the concrete frame section for program-generated Fiber
hinges. The Mander confined concrete curve will be generated for fiber hinges assigned to
frames which have a Concrete Rectangular or Concrete Circular type frame section and a
Mander type concrete material, using the rebar and confinement information specified as
part of the frame section properties. When viewing the generated fiber hinge, the Mander
confined material name will indicate the frame section which it is associated with. This
enhancement does not apply to section designer sections and does not use rebar and
confinement data from Concrete Frame Design, but will be expanded to include these at a
later time.
10642 An enhancement has been implemented whereby two new wide flange sections, W14X930
and W14X1000 (metric designation W360X1384 and W360X1488), have been added to the
ArcelorMittal_US_ASTM-A913, ArcelorMittal_US_ASTM-A913M,
ArcelorMittal_US_ ASTM-A992, and ArcelorMittal_US_ASTM-A992M frame section libraries.

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Database Tables
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10604 An incident was resolved where the database table for Frame Tension/Compression Limit
assignment was not generated if a model only had one or more frames with both tension
and compression limits assigned at the same time. There was no issue generating the table if
the model had frames with only tension or compression limit assigned.
10657 An incident was resolved where all selected objects would get deselected when menu for
interactive editing was invoked. This prevented interactive editing of items
for only the selected objects. This issue only affected v22.0.0.

Design – Composite Beam

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10683 An incident affecting composite beam design overwrites was resolved. The items labeled b-
eff left and b-eff right in the Composite Beam Overwrites form did not refer as expected to
the left-side and right-side deck effective widths used to compute composite beam
properties. Instead, they referred to half the distance to the nearest approximately parallel
beam or to the distance to the nearest slab edge as may be the case on the left or right side
of the beam (the "deck widths" for short). While deck widths place an upper limit on
effective widths, effective widths are also limited by beam spans and their value may also
take into account the beam flange widths and other code dependent items. The items
labeled b-eff left and b-eff right in the Composite Beam Overwrites form now refer to the
effective widths as expected, with the deck widths also displayed but not editable. This
incident affected all versions of ETABS capable of designing composite beams. When a
confusion occurred, the effective width used by ETABS was always smaller than the user-
specified overwrite and its value was documented in the design output.

Design – Shear Wall

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
* 10685 An incident was resolved for shear wall design where shear design and boundary element
checks were using the forces for the entire pier instead of forces in a leg when multiple legs
were present. This issue only occurred in v22.0.0 and previous versions were not affected.

Design – Steel Frame

Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10626 An incident has been resolved for the AISC ASD 89 steel frame design in which the lateral
factor was always taken as 1.333 for design combos having seismic loads. It is now taken
from the design preferences.
10666 An incident has been resolved in Canadian steel frame design codes “CSA S16-14” and “CSA
S16-19” in which the program made an error in calculating the effective area, Aeff, when the
section is a Class 4 section in the axial compression mode for the web being slender (h/tw >
670/sqrt(Fy)). The reduction in area for the web is b_reduction * t, where t should be taken
as tw, while SAP2000 used t=tf. Since tf is typically greater than or equal to tw, this
correction will increase the value of Aeff slightly, and the program was conservative. This
change affects the axial force capacity of slender I-shapes when the web is slender. All other
sections remain unaffected.
10705 An incident was resolved where program was crashing while changing the number of bolts in
connection design overwrites.

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External Import and Export
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10655 An incident was resolved where importing a DXF file for architectural plan was causing an
error condition for some models.
10669 An incident was resolved where Summary Report was not working when User interface was
in Chinese language. This issue was only present in v22.0.0.
10682 An incident has been resolved for the exporting and importing model file with the Eurocode
2-2004 composite column design and the Eurocode 2-2004 and Italian NTC 2008 concrete
frame designs. For the Eurocode 2-2004 composite column design, importing model text or
.XLSX file shows error message for PLUGWELDED, WELDINGTYPE, and RHSSSTHICK design
parameters while these are not available in the Preference form nor used in the design. For
the Eurocode 2-2004 and Italian NTC 2008 concrete column designs, importing model .XLSX
file shows error message for the Tan(Theta) value even though it is 1.0, which is within the
allowed range of 0.4 and 1.0. Now, these error/warning messages are fixed.

Graphics
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10679 An incident was resolved in DirectX graphics where viewing wall using color by "Section
Properties" in the deformed shape and running animation was showing the wall using black
color.

User Interface
Incidents Resolved
* Ticket Description
10631 An incident was resolved where displaying the tendon "Vertical Profile Control Points" in the
Display > Set View Options was causing an abnormal termination. This was an issue in
v22.0.0 only.
10643 An incident was resolved where the BU I Cover plate rendering for frame sections was not
correctly displayed. No results were affected.
10650 An incident was resolved where exporting tables to Excel in Chinese language was causing
an abnormal termination. This issue only affects v22.0.0.
10652 An incident was resolved where adding a support to a tendon was causing an error
condition. This issue was only present in v22.0.0 and previous versions were not affected.
10677 An incident was resolved where modifying grids using right mouse click > Modify/Show Grids
> click on Reference Planes button and use Escape was causing an error condition.
10678 An incident was resolved for DirectX graphics where drawing a new wall and using mouse
wheel pan was not showing the section label in plan view if wall sections were displayed
prior to wall drawing.
10681 An incident was resolved where deleting all time history function or response spectrum
function disabled time history/response spectrum function tool buttons.

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