Etabs V18

Online Course
• 70 Recorded videos
• 4 levels
o Level 1 for Beginner (Free) (General)
o Level 2 for Intermediate (Free) (model simple building)
o Level 3 for Intermediate (Analysis and design )
o Level for Expert (Modeling, Analysis and design for existing
building )
 Level 1
General
• Program setup

• Whats new in Etabs V18 VS Etabs 16?

o Rigid zone over column
o Mesh
o Add new codes
o Delete UBC code

• Model initialization

• New model quick template

o Grid dimension plan
o Story dimensions
o Add structure objects

• Add grids and story

o General for inclined axes
o Visible or non-visible grids
• Main window

• Define material
o Concrete
o Steel

• Define section
o Column
o Beam
o Slab
o Walls
o Reinforcing bar size

• Define load pattern

o DL
o LL
o Portion or walls
o Fc or Finish
o Temp (other) + or – 20
• Define load cases

• Define load combination

o ECP
o ASCE page 5
 Level 2

Model Simple Building

• Draw column and quick draw column

• Draw wall
o Fixed length
o Quick wall
o Wall open
o Curved wall
• Draw slab
o Curved slab
o Expand slab
o Ramp
o Opening
• Draw beams
o Curved beam
o Inverted beam
• Assign loads
o Slab loads
▪ Own weight
▪ Floor cover
▪ Wall
▪ Live
▪ Thermal
o Beams loads
▪ Own weight
▪ Wall
▪ Slab loads
• Mesh
o Shear wall and core (assign supports)
o Slab
• Pier label
• Define diaphragm type
o Rigid vs semi rigid
▪ Rigid is considering the slab is very stiff and there is no there is no hz
displacement
▪ Semi rigid consider the stiffness of object on the displacement
▪ The more accurate is to choose semi rigid
▪ Semi rigid don’t calculate the C.R
• Check and fix errors
o Tolerance 1 to 2 mm
o Load transfer
 o Are to close
o Overlapping
• Replicate
o Diaphragm
 Level 3

Analyze and Design

• Analyze set active degree of freedom

• Set load cases to run
• Advanced sap fire options
• Run
• Check deflection
• Design slab
o From safe to etabs
o Check ling term def
• Design beam and column
o Design preferences
o Design combination
o Rebar selection
o Start design and check
o Units
o Design info
o Display design info
o Verify analysis vs design section
o Verify all member passes
o Check column RFT percentage 1%
• Design shear wall and cores
o Design preferences
o Design combination
o Rebar selection
o Start design and check
o Units
o Design info
o Display design info
o Verify analysis vs design section
o Verify all member passes
o Check wall RFT percentage 0.25%
o View/reverse pier overwrite
 Level 4 (Advanced)

Modeling and Analysis of existing building

Projects

• Classwork
o Basement
o Ground
o 10 floors
o Roof floors with tank
o Helipad
o Area 1500 m2
• Homework
o Basement
o Ground
o 22 Typical Floor
o Top Roof with tank
o Helipad
o Area 2000 m2

Codes

o ECP Egyptian Code for Practice

o Egyptian code for loads
o ACI American concrete institute
o ASCE American Society of Civil Engineer
o UBC Uniform Building Code
o Euro code

Level 4 main points

• Introduction
• Project data
o Country
o Soil report
o Arch Plans
• Prepare DXF
• Units and design codes
• Level and grids
• Define material
• Define section
o Slab
o Beams
o Column
o Walls and core
o Set modifiers
• Modeling
o Column
o Wall
▪ Define peir labels
o Beams
o Slab
▪ Define diaphragm type
▪ Assign diaphragm
• Define load pattern
o DL
o Finishing
o Walls
o Wind load
o Seismic static Euro Code , UBC , ASCE, ECP
• Assign loads
o Beams
o Slab
• Mesh
• Define mass source
• Define Response spectrum
• Define P delta
• Define load cases
• Define load combinations
• Check model
• First run
• Checks
o Drift
o P-delta effect
o Torsion Amplification factor
o Mass participation ratio
o Static loads factor
o Weak story
o Soft story
• Correct factors
• Second run
• Design beams
• Design column
• Design walls
• Design core
• Export models to safe
• Raft design
• Structure drawings review
• Advanced notes
o Planted column
o Construction sequence
REFERNCES
• ECP Egyptian Code for Practice
• Egyptian code for loads
• ACI American concrete institute
• ASCE American Society of Civil Engineer
• UBC Uniform Building Code
• Euro code
• Etabs Guideline for using Etabs
• ECG Guideline for using Etabs
• Dr.Elkateb Guideline for modeling
• Eng. Mohamed Abdelbadea files
• Eng.Mfalah files
• Dr.Elkateb files

Special thanks to all the engineers for

making the files available
 Etabs V18 VS Etabs V16 (video 3)

1- Rigid Zone over Column (Fig 1)

2- Rigid zone over Shear wall (Fig 2)
3- Mesh smooth (Fig 3)
4- New codes
5- Enhance tables
6- Analysis warning massage
7- Faster frame and wall design

Figure 1 : Automatic rigid zone area over column

Figure 2 : Automatic rigid zone over wall

Figure 3 : Mesh smooth

 General Modeling steps (video 4)
1- Units and code
2- Grids and story data
3- Define
a. Material
b. Section
i. Column
ii. Wall
iii. Slab
iv. Beam
c. Load pattern
i. Dead load
1. Own weight
2. Covering
3. wall
ii. Live load
iii. Wind
iv. Seismic load
v. Temperature load
d. Load combinations
4- Assign
a. Shell loads
b. Frame loads
5- Mesh
6- Check
7- Run and analysis
 Units and codes( video 5)

Grids and Story Dimension (video 6)

 Structure Templates (Video 7)

General interface (video 8, 9, 10,11)

Project 1 Introduction (video 12)

Project 1 Define Material (video 13)

• Material name Fcu25 or Fc25

• Weight per unit volume 25Kn/mm2
• Modulus of elasticity

• Poisson’s ratio U=0.2

• Coefficient of thermal expansion

• Shear modules G
 Project 1 Define Section (video 14)

• Beams B250*700
• Column C400*400
• Slab FS-200 or SS-120 or PT-250 or Drop-350
o If the span to depth ratio L/ts < 10 use shell thick
• Shear wall SW-250

Project 1 Draw column (video 15)

Project 1 draw walls (video 16)

Project 1 draw slab (video 17)

Project 1 Draw beams (video 18)

 Project 1 Define load pattern and load combinations (video 19)

Load pattern

• Dead load
• FC
• Wall
• Live load
• Temperature

Define load combination

• ECP page 3-2

• ASCE page 7

Project 1 Assign loads (video 20)

Shell load

• Own weight
• Flooring from project data or
o from ECL page 17
o ASCE page 11
• Walls calculated (Flat slab only )
• Temperature + or – 20C ECL page 35
• Live load
o ECL page 31 Table 4.1
o ASCE page 14 Table 4.3.1

Frame loads

• Own weight
• Slab
• Wall
• Stairs
 Project 1 Wall pier label (21)

• Pier vs spandrel
Piers will design horizontal section cuts. So cut it through walls and it'll design vertical rebar for
axial-flexure interaction and horizontal rebar for shear. Keep in mind that piers only output results
at their top and at their bottom.

Spandrels will design vertical section cuts. So cut it through walls and it'll design horizontal rebar
for axial-flexure interaction (or often just flexural) and vertical rebar for shear. Keep in mind that
spandrels only output results at their left end and at their right end, nowhere in between.
https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/etabs/Pier+and+Spandrel+Labeling+and+Design
• Draw wall stack
• Auto edge constrain

Project 1 Wall and Floor Mesh (22)

 Project 1 Diaphragm (23)

• Define diaphragm ASCE 78

• Rigid vs Semirigid diaphragm

https://wiki.csiamerica.com/display/etabs/Rigid+vs.+Semi-
rigid+diaphragm#:~:text=Modeling%20techniques-
,Rigid,Semi%2Drigid%20diaphragm&text=Rigid%20diaphragms%20have%20infinite%20in,plane%20
stiffness%20properties%20and%20behavior.
 Project 1 Beam release and end offset (24)

With the right-click menu either selecting and assign>Frame>End Length Offsets the user can change the
default "Auto" Option and set manually the value equal to the half of the column width.

After that the design turn out normal for the Beams.

Project 1 check errors (25)

Project 1 replicate check again run (26)

 Analyze option (27)

• Set active degree of freedom

• Set load cases to run
• Advanced sap fire option
• Run

From Etabs to Safe (28)

Check long term def (29 and 30)

 Slab RFT (31)

Design of beams Beam RFT (32)

Design of column (33, 34 Edited)

• Design
• Redesign
• Check
• Column summary / Capacity Ratio / PMM Ratio

Design of walls (35)

• Design preferences
o Rebar material
o Rebar shear material
o Design Combination
o Start design and check
o Details
o RFT ratio
 Project from A to Z Etabs 16 (36)
• DXF

Element SAP SAFE ETABS 16 ETABS 18

Column Point Poly line Poly line Poly line
Slab 3D face Poly line Poly line Poly line
Wall Points Line at CL Line at CL Line at CL
Core Points Line at CL Line at CL Line at CL
Opening Delete Poly line Poly line Poly line
3dFace
Beams on Line on the Line to the Line to the Line to the
column shell line column face center of column face
column or to
the link
Beams on Line on the Line to the Line to the Line to the
beams shell line beam beam beam

• New model
• Use built in setting
o Units SI
o Code ACI
• Story dim
o Number = 10
o Typical story Height
o Bottom story Height
• Blank
• Define material
o Concrete FC30 For column and walls , Concrete FC25 For other Members
▪ Weigh per unit volume = 25 kN/m3
▪ E= 4700√𝐹𝐶 MPa
▪ FC= 30 MPa or 25 MPa
o Rebar
▪ Bending or Shear
▪ Weigh per unit volume = 78.5 kN/m3
▪ E = 2*105
▪ Fy = 460 MPa or 420 MPa
• Define Section
o Beam
▪ Frame section
▪ FC25
▪ B250*700
▪ Depth
▪ Width
▪ RFT
• M3 Design only
• Longitudinal bar < FY460
• Confinement bars < FY420
o Column
▪ Frame section
▪ FC30
▪ C500*500
▪ Depth
▪ Width
▪ Rigid Zone (Etabs 18 only )
▪ RFT
• P-M2-M3
• Longitudinal bar < FY460
• Confinement bars < FY420
• Rectangle
• Ties
• Reinforcement to be designed
o Slab
▪ Slab section
▪ FC25
▪ Shell
• (L/ts >10) use thin
• (L/ts<10) Use thick
▪ Slab
▪ Thickness
o Wall
▪ Wall section
▪ FC30
▪ Shell thin
▪ Thickness
• Define Load pattern
• Dead load < dead < 1
• FC < super dead < 0
• Wall < super dead < 0
• Live load< live < 0

• Define load combination

• add default design combo < ASCE page 7

• Import DXF < DXF Arch plan

• Draw column
• Draw wall < quick
• Draw < slab
• Draw < opening
• Draw < Beams
• Check model
• Assign load
o Beams
▪ Wall = b*t *25 *hw = kN/m
o Slab
▪ FC = 2 kN/m2
▪ LL= 3 kN/m2 (ASCE page 14 Table 4.3.1)
▪ Wall = 4 to 6 kN/m2 (only flat slab )
• Check model
• Wall notes
o Define pier label
o Assign pier label
o Divide
o Automatic mesh = 1
• Slab notes
o Assign diaphragm < Rigid
o Automatic mesh
• Beam notes
o Modifiers < torsion < 0.2
o Release
o End length offset
▪ Automatic
▪ Rigid zone factor = 0.5
▪ Weight based on clear length
• Column
o End length offset
▪ Automatic
▪ Rigid zone factor = 0.5
▪ Weight based on clear length
• Check model
• Replicate
• Check model
• Analyze
o Set active degree of freedom
o Set load cases to run
o Advanced sap fire option
o Run
• Export from Etabs to Safe
• Import from Etabs to safe
• Define load cases
o Case 1 = D + FC + wall +L < nonlinear cracked
o Case 1 = D + FC + wall + 0.25L < nonlinear cracked
o Case 1 = D + FC + wall + 0.25L < nonlinear term def < creep coefficient = 2
• Load combination
o LTD = case 1 – case 2 + case 3
• Run
o Cracking analysis option
o Tension reinforcing = As min/ Ac
o Compression reinforcing = As min/Ac
o Run
• Check long term def
o Actual def from safe
o Allowable def from code
o Act def < All def safe
o Act def > All def unsafe
▪ Increase ts
▪ Increase fc
▪ Increase comp RFT
• Check punching
o Ratio < 1 safe
o Ratio > 1 unsafe
▪ Increase column dim
▪ Increase fc
▪ Drop panel
▪ Punching RFT only if ts > 25 cm
• Design slab SAFE
• Design beam Etabs
• Design column Etabs
• Design wall Etabs
• Design raft SAFE
 Level 4

( introduction to level 4) (video 1)

• Introduction
o Project information
o Main points
▪ Define stiffness modifiers
▪ Define load pattern
• D
• L
• Fc
• Wall
• EQ (ASCE, Eurocode, UBC)
• Wind (ASCE , Eurocode, UBC)
▪ Define mass source
▪ Define diaphragm
▪ Define RS
▪ Define P-delta
▪ Define modal cases
▪ Define load combination
▪ Check CM and CR
▪ Check mass participation
▪ Check scale factor
▪ Check drift
▪ Check torsional factor
▪ Check wind displacement
▪ Correct the model
▪ Quick design for slab and Str drawing
▪ Quick design for beams and str drawing
▪ Design of column and str drawing
▪ Design of shear walls and core and str drawing
▪ Quick design for raft and raft on piles and str drawing
▪ Str drawings
▪ Advanced topics
• Helipad
• Floating column
• Construction sequence
 Read the Arch Plans(video 2,3,4)

o Slab level
▪ SSL = Structure slab Level
▪ FFL = Finishing Floor Level
o Slab limit
o Column
o Opening
o Levels
o Column from N limit from N+1

Prepare DXF File to Import to Etabs (video 5,6,7,8,9,10)

o Choose one point for all floors

 Define material (video 11)

o C40
o C60

o RFT bending 460

o RFT shear and Punching 420
 Define section (video 12)

• Beam 300*600 cover 50mm , B35*130 , B100*120

• Column
• Slab 32 cm

• Wall 40 cm
 Modeling (video 13,14,15,16)
Walls
Column
Slab
Voids
Beams
Check

Define load pattern (video 17,18,19)

Name Type Self-weight multiplier Auto lateral load

DL Dead 1 -
LL Live 0 -
Finishing Super dead 0 -
Wall Super dead 0 -
T other 0 -
ML Live 0 -
Ex Seismic 0 UBC97
Ex + e Seismic 0 UBC97
Ex - e Seismic 0 UBC97
Ey Seismic 0 UBC97
Ey + e Seismic 0 UBC97
Ey - e Seismic 0 UBC97
W0 Wind 0 ASCE7-10
W90 wind 0 ASCE7-10
Eq UBC (page 14 UBC volume 2)(20)
Eq Euro Code (21)
ASCE 7-10 and ASCE 7-16 (22)
Wind load ASCE, UBC, Euro code (23)
Define response spectrum UBC97 (24)
Define RS Euro Code (24)
Mass Source
 P Delta Effect (27)

P EFFECT is the secondary effect on shears, axial forces and moments of frame members
induced by the vertical loads acting on the laterally displaced building system.
ACI ECP
 Define load Cases (26)
What is the difference between load cases, load combination, and load
pattern?

1- Define SX
2- Define SY
3- Define Load Combination
RsX = SX + 0.3 SY
RsY = SY + 0.3 SX
Define Modal Cases (28)
 Define Load Combination (29)

Ultimate : for Design all members

Working : for design Foundations

Summary (Video 30)

 Assign load 31 and 32
• GR Slab
o LL = 2 kN/m2
o Finishing = 2 kN/m2
o Partition = 4 kN/m2
o Ml = 7 kN/m2
• Pod 1, 2, 3
o Helper beam to add the edge slab load B10*10
o LL = 4 kn/m2
o Finishing = 0
o Partition on = 7kn/m
• First floor
o Beam 130*30 for swimming pool
o Non slab
o LL = 2kn/m2
o Finishing = 2 kN/m2
o Partition = 4 kN/m2
o Hederal = 7kn/m
o Water tank = 1.35 * 1*10 kN/m2 ( Non-Slab ) ML
• Typical slab
o LL = 2kN/m2
o Finishing = 2 kN/m2
o Partition = 4 kN/m2
o Hederal = 7kN/m
• Roof
o RL= 5kN/m2
o Hederal = 7kN/m
o Tank = 10 kn/m2 ( non slab Ml )
• Temperature = 20 C
• Helipad