...
Panel
...
zones
...
are
...
assigned
...
to
...
...
to
...
model
...
the
...
flexibility
...
of
...
beam-column
...
connections.
...
Panel
...
zones
...
may
...
be
...
linear
...
or
...
...
,
...
and
...
may
...
affect
...
the
...
following
...
performance
...
measures:
...
- Structural
...
- drift
...
- Structural
...
- period
...
- Moment
...
- distribution
...
Panel-zone
...
results
...
are
...
available
...
through
...
Display
...
>
...
Show
...
Tables
...
>
...
Analysis
...
Results
...
>
...
Element
...
Output
...
>
...
Panel
...
Zone
...
Output
...
When
...
designing
...
ductile
...
steel-
...
...
systems,
...
continuity-plate
...
requirements
...
are
...
calculated
...
as
...
part
...
of
...
the
...
code-based
...
design
...
check.
...
For
...
this
...
part
...
of
...
the
...
design
...
check,
...
it
...
is
...
not
...
required
...
that
...
panel
...
zones
...
be
...
defined.
...
Additional
...
information
...
may
...
be
...
found
...
in
...
the
...
design-code
...
documentation
...
available
...
under
...
Help
...
>
...
Documentation
...
>
...
Design
...
>
...
Steel
...
Frame
...
Design.
...
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