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Introduction of E-tabs

E-TABS & STAAD FILE

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 INTRODUCTION ON ETABS

 Various Civil softwares available in the market are STAAD Pro, STRUTS,

STRAP, STRUDS, RISA, GTS, ETABS, NISA, SAP 2000, ANSYS, ABAQUS,

Msc Natran, PLAXIS and SAFE.

 Among them STAAD Pro and ETABS are leading design software in the

market.

 ETABS latest version available is ETABS-2018

 ETABS is special purpose analysis and design program developed specially

for Building Systems.
 ETABS is short form for Extended Three-dimensional Analysis of Building
System.
 ETABS uses Stiffness Matrix method of structural analysis for members and
FEA for Plates.
 3D Rendering is available in ETABS.
 ETABS has time saving option (One storey, All storey, Similar storey).
 ETABS has built in grid No. A,B,C,D. 1,2,3
 It has two screen in default. Left side shows plan view and Right side shows
3D Isometric view or elevation. We can create 3 or more screen as desired
using option available in ETABS.
 In ETABS Beams and Columns are known as line objects. Slabs and Shear
walls are known as Area objects.
 It has built in template.
 It has built in code books.
 It will calculate loads automatically on beams and columns.
 It is easy to give floor load for irregular panels.
 It performs wind load and earthquake analysis.
 Automatic lumping of masses for earthquake.
  Diaphragm action.
 Choice of Eigen or Ritz vector for Response Spectrum Analysis.
 Ductile detailing as per IS 13920.
 Auto calculation of beam reinforcements based on moments at column face,
rather than at column centre line and column reinforcements based on
moments at beam soffit, rather than at beam centre line.
 Design of columns of cross section shape including T, L, +.
 It design shear walls.
 It displays reinforcement areas or percentage on each beam and column.
 Construction sequence analysis and Pushover analysis can be done by ETABS.
 It has in built Live load reduction for upper floors as per codal provision.
 Additional software for component design specially foundation design using
SAFE software(Mat foundaion, PT slab design).

Disadvantages:

 It doe not support for sloping roofs.

 It cannot generate floor loads. You have to model slabs. You have to model
slabs as plate element & mesh it and apply floor loads on it.
 You canot know what is happening inside the analysis engine of the software
as like STAAD Pro.
 The report documentation is not so good when compare to STAAD Pro’s
report.
ETABS Screen:

Title Bar: It is on the top of the screen. When the programme is in use, this title bar

is highlighted. It includes program and model name.

Menu Bar : It contains program’s menus from which various commands can be
selected to perform specific actions.
Tool Bars and Buttons: The tool bars are made up of buttons placed at top and side
of the screen. We can access commonly used commands by single click on the
button.
Model Explorer: It allows easy access to model definition data including Property
forms, load definitions and object forms as well as Analysis, Design, Detailing results
in graphical.
Display windows: It shows geometry of the model. The display includes property,
loading, analysis or design results and detailing .
Display title tab: It is located at top of display window. It is highlighted when the

associated display window is active.

Status bar: It is located at bottom of main window. Text describes current status of

the program.

Mouse pointer position coordinates : it displays on the right side of status bar.

Drawing & selection Drop down list: It is on the right side of status bar. One Storey,

All Stories, Similar Stories are the three options in the drop down menu. With One

Storey option, an object is created only at the storey level on which it is drawn. All

Stories option enabled to create objects at all storey levels in the model at the

same plan location. Similar storey option enabled to create objects at all similar

storey levels in the model.

Current units: It is located on the far right side of the status bar. This can be

changed at any time during model creation process.

The various Main menu and sub menus are as Follows:

Main Menus
Tool bars :
Left Side Tool bars
Top Tool bars:

New model, Open, Save, Undo, Redo, Refresh Window, Run analysis (F5),
Rubber band zoom, Restore Full view, Restore previous zoom,
Zoom in one step, Zoom out one step, Pan, Set Default 3D view, Set Plan view,
Set Elevation view, Rotate 3D view, Perspective Toggle, Above Up, Move down,
Object shrink Toggle, Set display Options, Extruded view Toggle, transparency
Toggle, Show Un deformed shape(F4), Display Load joint Assign, Display Framed
load Assign, Display Shell load Assign, Show Deformed shape(F6),
Display Support/Spring Reaction(F7), display frame/Pier/ Spandrel/link force(F8),
Display Shell Stresses. Forces (F9), Show named display,
Steel Frame Design, Concrete Frame Design Composite Beam Design,,
Composite Column Design, Steel Joist Design, Shear Wall Design, Steel Connection
Design.

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 Comparison of STAAD Pro & ETABS

S.No. Description STAAD Pro ETABS

1 Model Creation Any type of structure can It has inbuilt library for
be analysed & design modeling building structures
with its flexible modeling only.
environment

2 3D rendering view It shows 3D rendering It shows 3D rendering view

view to some extent only. with real good effect on the
structure.

3 Structural analysis Stiffness Matrix method It uses Stiffness Matrix for

for structures and FEM structural analysis For
for plate elements. members & FEA for plates.

4 Bending moment & It gives BMD & Shear BMD & Shear forces are
Shear forces forces to the centre line calculated from face of
of columns column accurately.

5 Floor Loading Difficult to apply floor Easy to apply floor load

load for odd shape. even for irregular panels.

6 Floor loads It can generate Floor It cannot generate Floor

Loads easily. Loads. You have to model
slabs as plate element &
mesh it and apply floor
loads on it.

7 Live load reduction It does not have Live Live load Reduction for
Load Reduction facility. upper floors is available.
We have to define
command prompt to do
the same.

8 Earthquake analysis It cannot generate Auto lumping of masses for

Earthquake lumping of earthquake. Earthquake
masses. force can be applied on any
angle (Not just X or Y
alone.

9 Time saving options Member property, loading It has time saving options
can be given by cut One storey, Similar storey
section with range by and All storey.
selecting new view.
S.No. Description STAAD Pro ETABS

10 Column design Column design with cross Design columns with cross
section of T,L, + shape section of any arbitrary
are not possible. shape(including T,L, +)

11 Schematic It does not have It display reinforcements

representation of schematic representation area, % of steel on column
Reinforcement details of reinforcement on & beam frames.
columns & beams

12 Diaphragm action It does not have It have diaphragm

diaphragm facility for action(with earthquake
wind & earthquake loads & wind loads
automatically automatically applied on the
diaphragm centre)

13 Report It gives analysis & design It does not give such

report documentation in a documentation report.
good manner.