ETABS Releases

2016

LEARN ABOUT THE NEW FEATURES IN THE LATEST RELEASE

Release Date: 17 Jan 2018

Modeling

Added codes for creep, shrinkage, and stiffness aging: Eurocode 2-2004, Australian Standard 3600-2009, New Zealand Standard 3101-2006 and GL 2000 models.

Analysis

Creep & Shrinkage

Creep and shrinkage behavior now includes the effect of rebar to reduce axial shortening of columns and walls.

Modal Damping

Modal damping option for linear and nonlinear direct-integration time-history analysis, providing more realistic and conservative results.

Results Display & Output

Slab cracked-width display based on Eurocode 2-2004.

Release Date: 07 Apr 2017

Loading

Automated seismic load and response spectrum functions added for Vietnamese Standard TCVN 9386:2012 code.

Auto Wind load added for Vietnamese Standard TCVN 2737:1995 code.

Auto wind load added for Indian code based on IS:875 (Part 3) 2015 for Wind Loads.

Output & Display

Response Spectra for Defined Acceleration Time-History Functions

View response spectra for defined acceleration time-history functions. Response spectra can be requested either for a single time history function or a set of them. When viewing response spectra for a set of functions an option is available to view the envelope or the mean plus a multiple of the standard deviation.

Modeling

Library of concrete and rebar material properties for Vietnam incorporated.

DirectX Graphics

Enhanced Speed and Appearance

“Walk” mode navigation

3D Printing

Cut-away plane

Release Date: 27 Jan 2017

Slab Design

Concrete Slab Design

Concrete slab design has been added for the Russian code SP 63.13330.2012.

Release Date: 22 Nov 2016

Performance Based Design

Analysis Results

Size of analysis results files reduced for multi-step nonlinear static and nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases, typically affecting performance-based design models.

Chinese Seismic Performance-Based Design

Seismic performance-based design added to Chinese version based on Chinese code JGJ3-2010

Release Date: 24 Aug 2016

Slab Design

ETABS 2016 now gives users the ability to perform slab design with post-tensioning.

Integrated Strip Moment and Shear Diagrams

Integrated moment, shear, and torsion for design strips displayed onscreen and reported in tables.

Modeling of PT Tendons

Model PT tendons and allow consideration of post-tensioning in the design of concrete slabs within ETABS.

Slab Design Based on Strips

Model slab design strips that can be used for concrete slab design, within ETABS. American, European, British, Canadian, along with several additional international codes are available.

Punching Shear Check

Punching-shear design checks in concrete slabs at columns and load locations specified by the user. Overwrites for punching perimeters can be added as well as specifiying openings which affect the perimeter but are not explicity modeled.

Design Reports for PT Stresses

Design Reports for Flexural and Shear

Modeling

Add Insertion Point Assignments to Slab or Wall Elements

Apply thickness overwrites on a joint-by-joint basis, allowing slabs and walls to have nonuniform thicknesses. Joint offsets can also be applied.

Interface added to define soil profile data for Soil Structure Interaction of Footings

Generate spring and dashpot properties under footings to model soil-structure interaction.

Parametric PMM Hinges for Frame Elements

Loading

Automated Wind and Seismic Loads added for NBCC 2015

Wind loads include torsional moment.

Automated Response-Spectrum Functon added for NBCC 2015 and Russian Code

Analysis

Event-to-Event Strategy

Pure event-to-event stepping solution implemented as an option for nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases.

Automated Floor Vibration Analysis for Heel Drop Effects for Long Spans

Define vibration analysis paths on floor slabs, along with parameters defining demand and capacity. Automated time-history analysis is performed for each case.

Energy Plots for Direct Integration Time History Analysis for Performance-based Design

Step-by-step energy plots and tabular results available for nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases and for nonlinear static/staged-construction load cases.

Design

Russian Concrete and Steel Frame Design Codes Added

Output and Display

Story Plots

Animated plot shows story accelerations, drifts, shears and overturning moments together on the same plot for time history and nonlinear static load cases.

Release Date: 25 Nov 2015

International Design Codes

Shear-Wall Design Report- Eurocode 2-2004 enhancement to report wall unbraced height used for computing pier buckling load capacity.

Design Detail Report

Material Library - Russian material library updated.
Slab/Beam Design - CSA S16-09 and CSA S16-14 enhancement limiting the total effective width of the slab to 1/4 the span of the beam and taking in account the amount of deflection caused by shrinkage of the concrete.

Design Preferences

Output and Display

Database tables reporting story and diaphragm maximum and average drifts.
Drifts now reported at brace locations.

Database Table for Diaphragm Max/Avg Drifts

External Import/Export

Export of AutoCAD .dwg files for AutoCAD versions 2015 and 2016 now available.

ETABS model exported to AutoCAD

Enhanced Application Programming Interface (API)

Plugins written to access API (Application Programming Interface) now accessible within ETABS.

Plugin Window

Chinese Version

Tailored summary report now provided for the Chinese version of the program.
Results of three methods in "Frame Overturning Moments in Dual System" now included in database table for the Chinese version of the program.

Release Date: 28 Jul 2015

Modeling

A new 2-D modified Darwin-Pecknold concrete model has been added to the nonlinear layered shell. This model represents concrete compression, cracking, and shear behavior under both monotonic and cyclic loading, and accounts for crack rotation.

Nonlinear layered shell results

Layered shell definitions

Time-dependent creep, shrinkage, and stiffness behavior has been added for the CEB FIP-2010 and ACI 209R-92 codes and for user-defined curves.

Creep and shrinkage deflection over time

Notional size for time-dependent creep and shrinkage behavior is now specified on the section properties rather than at the material level, and can be automatically computed or user-defined.

Section notional size definition

Loading

Automated seismic lateral loading has been implemented for the Dominican Republic R-001 code.

Dominican Republic seismic loading definition

Automated response-spectrum functions have been implemented for the following codes: Costa Rica Seismic code 2010, Ecuador (NEC-SE-DS 2015), Mexico (CFE-93 and CFE-2008), and Peru (NTE E.030 2014).

Ecuador response spectrum definition

Analysis

A new stability check has been added for nonlinear static load cases to report when the structure may have failed under material or geometric nonlinearities that are not obvious from the analysis results.

The speed of nonlinear static and nonlinear direct integration time-history analysis has been increased for models containing many linear shell elements.

Design

Several enhancements have been implemented for composite beam design to increase productivity and to improve reporting.

Interactive composite beam design

Release Date: 23 Feb 2015

Introducing Automation of Performance-Based Design

Performance-Based Design (PBD) is a major shift from traditional structural design concepts and represents the future of earthquake engineering. These new procedures help assure that the design will reliably meet a desired level of performance during a given earthquake.

The fundamental component of PBD is nonlinear dynamic analysis where an attempt is made to capture the real behavior of the structure by explicitly modeling and evaluating post-yield ductility and energy dissipation when subjected to earthquake ground motions. ETABS 2015 introduces new special purpose options and algorithms for the practical and efficient application of these procedures.

Automated PBD hinges and procedures based upon ASCE 41-13
Steel and concrete fiber models for shear walls and columns

Stable and Fast Nonlinear Analysis (FNA) implemented for PBD
Automated Nonlinear hinges in shear walls based upon user/design reinforcing

Shearwall Fiber Hinge

Wall Reinforcement Definition

Steel and concrete material models with performance levels (confined and unconfined)
Material strain as performance measure for D/C ratios
Generalized displacement constraints for strain evaluation

Unconfined and Confined Concrete (compared)

Confined Concrete

Steel

Several new hysteresis options for nonlinear hinges
Options for hysteretic stiffness and strength degradation

Hysteresis Loop Models

Output averaging of responses over several time history runs

Response Averaging

Quasi-static (Dyanmic) option for Static Pushover analysis of complex models
D/C ratio plots and tables for fast performance evaluation

Demand/Capacity Ratios

PBD Results

Automated Bucking Restrained Brace (BRB) modeling (Star Seismic)

Friction-spring hysteretic damper and Bilinear Maxwell oil damper property

New Graphical User Interface

Fast DirectX graphics with full display, drafting and selection capability.

Customization of toolbar and shortcut keys.

New Advanced Modeling Options

Spectral matching of time history functions
Generation of artificial earthquakes using spectral matching

Multiple mass sources for nonlinear analysis
Modification of geometry by mode shapes for imperfection analysis

Artificial Earthquake Generation

Frequency Content Matching

Mulitple Mass Sources

New International Frame Design Codes

Composite Beam Design - Enhanced User’s Interface
Composite Frame Design - Canadian CSA S16-14

Concrete Frame Design - ACI 318-14, CSA A23.3-14, and KBC 2009
Steel Frame Design - CSA S16-14, and KBC 2009

Composite Beam Design

Composite Beam Design Checks

New International Shear Wall Design Codes

Design Codes: ACI 318-14, CSA A23.3-14, and KBC 2009

New International Loading Specifications

Automated response-spectrum functions for Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela

Enhanced Application Programming Interface (API)

Additional API support for design data and results

Release Date: 22 Dec 2014

Significant enhancements included in ETABS 2013 v13.2.0, v13.2.1, and v13.2.2:

The Auto-Relabel All option that was available in ETABS v9 has been restored.
Russian material property and section property libraries have been added.
ASCE 41-13 guidelines for performance-based design have been implemented for frame hinge definitions, performance-point calculations, and the behavior and acceptance criteria for panel-zones and BRBs (buckling-restrained braces).
Masonry is now defined as a separate material rather than a type of concrete material.
Multiple named mass-source definitions can now be created and used for different load cases.
The Singapore National Annex has been added as an option to the Eurocode 8-2004 response spectrum function.
Notional load patterns can now be based on snow loads as well as other gravity loads.
User control is now provided for the handling of self-weight in the end offset portions of beam members.
The speed of analysis has been increased for most load cases.
The iteration strategy for nonlinear static and nonlinear direct-integration time-history load cases has been made more adaptive to typically improve convergence behavior and to reduce the time of analysis.
The line-search algorithm is now available for nonlinear static analysis.
Steel frame design for the Indian IS 800:2007 code now implements the changes in Amendment Number 1.
The display of design input parameters for steel frame design overwrites has been enhanced.
Canadian design codes (i.e., CSA A23.3-04 and CSA S16-09) now include snow loads in the default design combinations.
Multiple enhancements have been made for composite beam design affecting the control of the design process, the look and functionality of the interactive design form, the format and content of the output, and other improvements.
Shear wall design per the Indian IS 456:2000 code now allows separate control in the major and minor directions for enforcing the minimum eccentricity due to slenderness.
Several database tables have been added or have had their content expanded, including the listing of object unique names where applicable.
Table set definitions are now saved in the text model file.

Release Date: 13 Jun 2014

Significant enhancements include:

The iteration algorithm for nonlinear direct-integration time-history analysis has been enhanced to improve the rate of convergence and to reduce the time of analysis for certain models.

Release Date: 17 Apr 2014

Significant enhancements include:

The Chinese frame-section databases have been updated with new sections
The import from DXF or DWG files has been enhanced so that imported architectural objects are now kept as part of the ETABS model.
The import of Revit Structure models from CSiXRevit has been enhanced to handle multi-story sloped columns and vertical planar walls with openings on their edges.
The import of 3D DXF or DWG files has been enhanced to automatically generate story levels in ETABS and to divide multi-story walls at story levels.
Other minor enhancements

Release Date: 10 Oct 2013

ETABS 2013 13.1.2 and 13.1.3 Enhancements

Significant enhancements include:

Concrete frame design and shear wall design using the AS 3600-09/NZS 3101-06 codes have been updated for Amendment No. 3 in 2011 affecting the seismic load combinations.
Multiple enhancements have been made to shear wall design using the Eurocode 2-2004 code for the uniform-reinforcing and section-designer section options.
The output table Modal Direction Factors, primarily used for Chinese design, has been enhanced to include the contribution of all mass in the structure, not just the mass in rigid diaphragm constraints.
Database tables can now be exported to an XML file that can be opened by Microsoft Access, allowing the export to Access on machines that do not have it installed.
The loads from staged-construction load cases can now be exported to SAFE.
Multiple enhancements have been made to the import of .DXF files for floor plans, 3D models, and grid systems.
Multiple enhancements have been made to the import and export of IFC 4 files.
Multiple enhancements have been made to the import of SDNF files.
Multiple enhancements have been made to the import of CIS/2 files.
Many additional Open API functions have been implemented.

Release Date: 10 Jun 2013

Significant enhancements included:

Concrete frame design and shear wall design have been added for the Hong Kong CP 2013 code.
Steel frame design using the AISC 360-10 code now provides an option to allow Notional Load cases to be included in design combinations with wind, seismic and response spectrum cases.
Automated wind loading has been added according to the Australian and New Zealand code AS/NZS 1170.2-2011.
Automated wind loading using the diaphragm-extents option for the ASCE 7-02, ASCE 7- 05 and ASCE 7-10 codes that now allows automatic determination of the wind pressure coefficients (windward and leeward) based on the building size.
Frame section properties have been enhanced to separate steel shapes from concrete shapes for more detailed handling of rebar.
The mass source now allows separate control for the self-mass from elements and added masses, in addition to the use of load patterns. Previously self-mass and added mass were considered together.
New database tables have been added that provide pier and spandrel section property information.
Customization of the keyboard shortcuts for the various menu items is now available.
Multiple enhancements have been made for the import and export of IFC files.
Other minor enhancements.

Release Date: 22 Apr 2013

ETABS 2013 is the most sophisticated and technologically-advanced software product available to structural engineers today. It defines the future of building design software, setting the stage for unsurpassed capability and efficiency worldwide.

Built on a foundation of more than 40 years of research and innovation, ETABS 2013 sets the gold standard, yet again. Featuring versatile modeling technology, stunning graphics, efficient numerical methods and powerful optimization algorithms for design, ETABS 2013 offers unmatched levels of integration and productivity. It addresses numerous international building codes while producing complete design reports and schematic construction drawings to meet the demanding needs of the modern structural engineering professional.

ETABS 2013 New User Inteface