Incorporating the commonly used FEA software ETABS to your design procedure requires downloading the AEC|BOLT ETABS App to your local machine.
AEC|BOLT ETABS App is specially developed via ETABS API to transfer the model generated in AEC|BOLT Building Design Suite
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Transferred model information is constituted of:
Nodes
Frames
Shells
Material properties and assignments
Section properties and assignments
Pier and spandrel definitions
Load definitions, load assignments and load combinations
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Downloading & Installation AEC|BOLT ETABS App:
See the instructions in: AEC|BOLT Building Design Suite App For CSI ETABS
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for downloading and installing the App.
After having the App, you are ready to pass to the ETABS environment. For the step-by step instructions for the procedure through the AECBOLT | Building Design Suite to the ETABS, see https://aecbolt.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BDS/pages/898629648/CSI+Etabs+Model#Creating-Etabs-Model page.
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