ETABS - Building Analysis and Design Software

ETABS is basically a product of CSI so before we dive into the details and services of ETABS, the basic thing is to understand what exactly CSI is and how it can help you. CSI is software tools for structural and earthquake engineering and for those engineering services there are various products which deals with specific issues of structural engineering. Similarly, ETABS is a building analysis and design software which analyses how the layout of any structural engineering should be done and provide the appropriate design for the same.

There are many advancements and features of ETABS which when simply explained as you can easily check stability of structure, calculate amount of require reinforcement, detailing about components of building, saving time, get 3D view of structure, calculate seismic and wind load properly, calculating amount of torsion on structural components, calculating 3D effects on structure and many more. It is an engineering software product that caters to multi-story building analysis and design. Modeling tools and templates, code-based load prescriptions, analysis methods and solution techniques, all coordinate with the grid-like geometry unique to this class of structure. ETABS is an engineering software product that caters to multi-story building analysis and design. Modeling tools and templates, code-based load prescriptions, analysis methods and solution techniques, all coordinate with the grid-like geometry unique to this class of structure.  

ETABS comes with a safety factor that how your buildings or any other structural layouts are designed to be the calamities resistant and are created in a way so that you suffer minimum loss in any situation compared to other. Each detailing of the layout is properly convicted and the reason that how and why this design is the best. This also comes in three variants which serves your different needs accordingly and they are Plus, Non-linear and Ultimate. Plus is for your basic use and layouts, non-linear is one level above as it serves prevention from non-linear pushovers and lastly ultimate which serves every purpose of structural designs and layouts to analysis of every details. 

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