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