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P. Earthquake Elevation Criteria dialog

Used to specify global seismic direction and the elevation criteria per Eurocode 8 against which a Elevation check will be performed.

Opens when the Eurocode 8 | Elevation Regularity page is selected.

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Choose elevation along Select the global axis along which the seismic forces are acting for this check.
Choose elevation criteria Select the criteria which best describes the elevation variation per Clause 4.2.3.3 and Figure 4.1 of EN 1998-1:2004 (EC8).
Perform Checks Click this button once the appropriate criteria is selected for a direction. The program will evaluate the elevation geometry against code requirements. The results of this evaluation will populate the Elevation Regularity table and the profile checked will be displayed onto the structure diagram in the active view window.