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    How to find the total mass modeled in the Mass Reference Load case?

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    Product(s): STAAD.Pro
    Version(s): ALL
    Environment: ALL
    Area: Analysis Solutions
    Subarea: Dynamic Analysis
    Original Author: Modestas Turulis, Bentley Technical Support Group

    How to find the total mass modeled in the Mass Reference Load case?

    Whenever a dynamic analysis of the model is performed, a file ending with _MASS.TXT is created in the same folder where the model is saved. If you open this file with any text editor (i.e. NotePad), you will find a list of masses for each node in each global direction. The last line in this file is the sum of masses of each node in that direction.



    Note: the data in the MASS.TXT file is always in English units (lb in) irrespective of modeling units. You will need to make a unit conversion manually.

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    • Modestas Created by Bentley Colleague Modestas
    • When: Thu, Oct 19 2023 4:38 AM
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    • When: Thu, Oct 19 2023 4:41 AM
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