Story Mass Table

Check story mass data for a building structure in spreadsheet format tables. Use "Story" to enter story data before accessing this function.

Table Tool in MIDAS/Gen offers a variety of powerful built-in functions. Refer to the following items for detail directions:
 

Usage of Table Tool

Terminology

Familiarize with Usage

Basic directions (Cell motion, selection, size control, etc.)

Data manipulation (Add, delete, modify data, etc.)

Copy/Paste data using clipboard

Supplementary Table functions

Table Sorting

Table format setting

Auto-fit column width

Graph printing

Supplementary functions by Table types

Node/Element Table

Results Table

From the Main Menu select Query > Story Mass Table.

Select Query > Story Mass Table from the Tables tab of the Tree Menu.

Refer to Usage of Table Tool and enter or modify the following data :

 

Story Mass

Story: Story name

Level: Story elevation

Translation Mass

X - Dir: Lumped mass in GCS X-direction

Y - Dir: Lumped mass in GCS Y-direction

Rotational Mass: Rotational mass moment of Inertia

Center of Mass

X - Coord: X-axis coordinate of the center of mass

Y - Coord: Y-axis coordinate of the center of mass

X - Dir
Mass in GCS X-direction

Story: Story name

Level: Story elevation

Nodal Mass: Nodal lumped mass

Load To Mass: Masses converted from loads

Diaphragm Mass: Story (diaphragm) mass

Structure Mass: Mass converted from self weight

SUM: Sum of the masses at a given story

Y - Dir and Z - Dir are similar to X - Dir.

Note
Data cannot be changed in this function.