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.