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A junior engineer noticed the Mass Summary by Story showed only 1,200 kips of mass at the ground floor, while the architectural takeoff showed 1,800 kips. etabs mass summary by story better

If you have ever run a seismic analysis in ETABS, you have undoubtedly stared at the Mass Summary by Story table. It appears deceptively simple: a list of stories, masses in X, Y, Z, and a summation. Yet, for many engineers, this table is a source of quiet anxiety. Here is what you are looking at: A