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BEGINNERS BEGINNERS BEGINNERS BEGINNERS Prepared by : Vaibhav Mittal
Under Guidance from : PK Relhan ; Munish Bansal DESIGN SOLUTIONS INC. S.C.O. 34, 2nd Floor, Sector 11, Panchkula, Haryana 134109, Tele/Fax : 0172 4668010, Mob : +91-9357029010,Email: dsindia1@gmail.com
Select object Draw lines (Plan Elevation 3D) Create secondary beam in region or at clicks Create columns in region or at clicks Create lines in region or at clicks Draw areas Draw rectangular Create areas at clicks Draw Walls Create Wall at clicks Select all Getting familiar with Draw Bar Snap to end points and mid points Snap to grid intersections and points Select by intersecting lines Clear selection Select previous Option to work on one story, All stories and similar stories
Units to be followed
Choose .edb if you need to inherit definitions from previous models. For starting from scratch new models select No.
Edit the Grid and story data in custom Grid Spacing and custom Story Data New model and grid specification Custom grid data
Custom story data
Selecting the code for design
Getting familiar with define menu Used to define material properties Used to define desired line objects Used to define desired area objects Used to define static load cases Used to define different type of load combinations Used to define diaphragms Used to define mass sources for earthquake loading
Defining materials, frames and area sections
Click on this tab on define shortcut to or from define menu define frame sections Delete the unnecessary frame sections Add rectangular section Frame sections
Adding columns section Adding Beams section
Define area sections Click this tabon define shortcut or from define menu define area section For walls For slabs
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Drawing/Creating line sections To draw beams in plan select and left click once at the beginning of the line. Drag the mouse to the end location of the line and left click again. Note that as the mouse is dragged a dashed line is visible. It indicates the current extent of the lineobject.
To create beams in plan select and Click on any grid and a line object is drawn on that grid line between the two adjacent intersecting grid lines from the same coordinate/grid system.
To create columns in plan select and Left click at any location in a plan view to draw a column (vertical line object below).
Drawing/Creating area sections To create slabs in plan select from draw bar. Left click once at the first corner point of the area; drag the mouse to each corner point of the area object. Alternatively you can also use or . To create walls in plan select from draw menu Left click once at the first corner point of the area, drag the mouse to each corner point of the area object.
Click this or select load cases command from define menu to define load cases. Click to add new loads as per data shown in top row Modify lateral load form modify as specified Defining load cases Click to modify the highlighted load as per the data shown at top Click to modify load *Self-Weight multiplier to be given unity for dead load only and zero for rest
OR alternatively Etabs provides us to load default set of load combinations
Click this tab form define menu to specify load cases Defining load combination Click to add default Combos. Use concrete frame designs
Etabs provides a variety of ways to select objects to ease and speed up the user as per his requirement. Here are some ways select objects:- Select an object by click on it Select an object by clicking and dragging your mouse from left to right around the object forming a rubber band box. It selects the objects fully inside the box.
Select an object by clicking and dragging your mouse from Right to left around the object forming a rubber band box. It selects the objects intersecting the box and the objects fully inside the box.
Select objects
Selection can also be done by intersecting line. It selects objects intersecting the selecting lines.
Another way of selecting objects is by selecting from select menu
Also selection can be made using the set building view options and viewing only the desired objects (say beams)
and select the required beams. Also as defined earlier and are also used to select all and get perivious selection respectivly.
is used to deselect all.
Hinged support Fixed support Getting familiar with assign menu * By default ETABS takes support as hinged
For releasing frame releases For proper allocation of local axis
For proper allocation of frame sections
To define area sections To define diaphragms To assign local axis to area sections
Used to assign loads to line objects Used to assign Point loads to lines Used to assign distributed loads to lines
Defining mass source
It is necessary to define mass source to apply earthquake load.
Click to define Mass source To define Mass from loads take dead and live loads as a combo shown or as specified.
Defining frame output stations
Select required line type i.e. beam or column
For beams set as 13 (or as required). For columns set as 3 (or as required). More the number of station more accurate the analysis is but it is more time consuming.
Analysing the model
Set analysis options Check model for warnings Run Analysis
Click for concrete design View shows longitudinal reinforcement As our unit was meters and reinforcement is comparatively small, it is shown e.g. as 1.56e-04 so it becomes difficult to read so change to a smaller units. Post analysis
Start concrete design/check of structure Now value of longitudinal reinforcement is easily visible
Shear reinforcement
Click display design Info in the drop down beside Select shear reinforcement from the drop down box beside design output and click OK Now Etabs shows reinforcement required by the sections against shear at ends and in middle. The values shown here shown are used to calculate the specification of shear stirrups to be provided in accordance to
ASV/SV= shear reinforcement req.
Where ASV is area of stirrup SV is spacing of stirrups
Before selecting any tables following steps are common for all.
Show tables Select cases/combos Display Tables
Select the table to be seen from the drop box Now select tables to be seen as shown and click ok
Select story range Show Story Response plots Select static load case Displacement coordinates Story response plot
To view bending moment diagram
Select from here Or here Select component Select load case