Getting Started with ETABS/ Modeling in ETABS/ ETABS ETABS allow the users to 1. Create and modify computer models. 2. Create structural elements (columns, slabs, shear-walls, beams). 3. Create structural elements (columns, slabs, shear-walls, beams). 4. Analyze multiple scenarios and conditions, such as, Earthquake and wind loads, Sequential loading of construction, When the analysis is run, it goes from an object based to an element based model The analysis consist of frames, joints, linked with shell elements. Design and optimize multistory buildings (steel/composite, concrete frame and shear-walls.) All these steps through a single graphic user interface (GUI). Steps To Model a Building in ETABS 1. Define the building’s geometry (it’s footprint, including the adjacent structures, establish the gridlines, etc…). 2. Consider the implications of the geographic location of the building. 3. Establish the codes, analysis procedures and design criteria to be applied (for example, ASCE 7, UBC, IBC2000, Florida Building Code, ACI 318). 4. Define the loads (dead, live, reduction factors, wind and seismic). 5. Choose the structural elements, such as columns, shear-walls, etc.