ETABS is available in three levels:
Plus, Nonlinear, and Ultimate
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| One Window, Many Views |
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| Hardware Accelerated Graphics |
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| Modeling |
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| Templates |
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| Model Views |
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| Analytical Model Views |
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| Physical Model Views |
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| Grid Systems |
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| Drawing Tools |
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| Intelligent Snaps |
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| Architectural Tracing |
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| Plans and Elevations |
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| Plan and Elevation Views |
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| Developed Elevations |
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| Interactive Table Data Editing |
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| Meshing Tools |
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| Object Based Meshing |
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| External Meshing |
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| Line Constraints |
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| Building Components |
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| Towers |
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| Beams, Columns, Braces |
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| Section Properties |
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| Shells (Walls, Floors, Ramps) |
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| Shear Walls |
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| Wall Stacks |
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| Piers and Spandrels |
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| Link Elements |
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| Floor Diaphragms |
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| Nonlinear Hinges |
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| Single Degree-of-Freedom Frame Hinges |
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| Isotropic PMM Frame Hinge |
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| Parametric PMM Frame Hinge |
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| Fiber Frame Hinges |
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| Fiber Wall Hinges |
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| Modeling Hinges as Links for FNA |
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| Nonlinear Layered Shell Element |
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| Nonlinear Link Elements: Gaps and Hooks |
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| Nonlinear Link Elements: Plasticity, Dampers, Isolators |
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| Automated Bucking Restrained Brace (BRB) modeling (CoreBrace) |
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| Friction-spring hysteretic damper and Bilinear Maxwell oil damper property |
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| Design Strips |
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| General Design Strips |
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| Automatic Width Strips |
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| Post-Tensioning (P/T) |
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| Autostrip and Layout |
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| Loading |
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| Automated Code Based Loading |
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| Seismic |
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| Wind |
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| Point, Line, Area, and Thermal Loads |
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| Cladding |
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| Live Load Reduction |
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| Open Structure Wind Loading |
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| Pattern Loading |
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| Tendon Loads and Losses |
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| Analysis |
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| SAPFireTM Analysis Engine |
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| Eigen Analysis |
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| Ritz Analysis |
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| Mulitple 64-Bit Solvers |
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| Dynamics |
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| Response Spectrum Analysis |
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| Time History Analysis |
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| P-Delta |
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| Buckling |
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| Pushover |
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| Staged Construction |
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| Single Stage from Initial State |
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| Change Sections |
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| Multiple Stages |
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| Time Dependent Stiffness |
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| Creep and Shrinkage |
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| Load Cases and Combinations |
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| Model Alive |
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| Nonlinear Analysis |
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| Wilson FNA (Fast Nonlinear Analysis) Method |
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| Direct Integration Time HIstory |
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| Material Nonlinearity - Frame, Hinges and Links |
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| Geometric Nonlinearity - Large Displacement |
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| Performance Based Design |
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| Stable and Fast Nonlinear Analysis (FNA) implemented for PBD |
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| Automated Nonlinear hinges in shear walls based upon user/design reinforcing |
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| Steel and concrete material models with performance levels (confined and unconfined) |
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| Automated PBD hinges and procedures based upon ASCE 41-13 |
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| Steel and concrete fiber models for shear walls and columns |
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| D/C ratio plots and tables for fast performance evaluation |
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| Material strain as performance measure for D/C ratios |
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| Several new hysteresis options for nonlinear hinges |
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| Options for hysteretic stiffness and strength degradation |
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| Quasi-static (Dyanmic) option for Static Pushover analysis of complex models |
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| Generalized displacement constraints for strain evaluation |
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| Output averaging of responses over several time history runs |
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| Design |
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| Steel Frame |
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| Concrete Frame |
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| Composite Beam and Column |
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| Shear Wall |
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| Steel Joist |
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| Steel Connection and Base Plate |
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| Strip Based Slab Design |
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| FEM Based Slab Design |
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| Punching Shear Check |
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| Post-Tensioning Stress Checks |
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| Output and Display |
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| Mixed Units |
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| Deformed Geometry |
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| Shell Force and Stress Contours |
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| Reaction Diagrams |
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| Tabular Output |
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| Section Cuts |
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| Video Animations |
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| Rendered Views |
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| Detailing |
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| Drawing Generation |
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| Drawing Overview |
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| Drawing Sheets |
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| Preferences |
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| Component Views |
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| Steel Components |
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| Concrete Components |
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| Concrete Reinforcement Detailing |
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| Frames and Shear Walls |
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| 3D Cage Renderings |
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| Detailing Section Cuts |
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| Print and Export Drawings |
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| Reporting |
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Ultimate |
| Report Generation |
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| Tools |
Plus |
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Ultimate |
| Section Designer |
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| Application Programming Interface |
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| Import and Export |
Plus |
Nonlinear |
Ultimate |
| Supported Formats |
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| Building Information Modeling |
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| CSiXRevit Compatible |
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