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Wasalam, Dear Shamim, These are basics of RCC design to know the required reinforcements, if reinf %age is 2.3%, your column size is 12"x12"(say) you will get longitudinal reinforcement as 2.3x12x12/100 = 3.312 in^2, now you can convert this 3.312 into different number of bars, if you are using #6 bars its area is 0.44in^2, Number of #6 rebars= 3.312/.44 = 7.52 make it 8 #6 bars as longitudinal bars in RCC Column. Regards

Yes the program still divides it. Thats why I say ETABS is not a true FEA tool. They have made it damn easy for majority of the engineers. It is not for FEA analysts.

I have read it but by even turning off frame auto meshing , csi manual says there is sm internal meshing of frame objects .( Which i am interested in) If you take a simply supported beam, with no intermediate joints, and turn off the frame auto meshing, program will still subdivide it in elements fr analysis purpose.

No specific information is available on this topic. However, judging by CSI's answer to this question: https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/kb/Subdivide+frame+objects each frame is treated as a discrete element, and by default, auto meshing is done at internal points and/or intersecting frames which can also be turned off.

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