• A printed report is now available for steel and concrete frame
design. This report is produced in RTF format for Microsoft Word, and
contains a cover page, tables of design input values, tables of design
results, and an individual design summary sheet for each selected member.
• Concrete frame design output for enveloping results has been
improved to include, in a single sheet, the controlling forces/moment,
stations, and load combinations, as well as the resulting rebar and/or
demand/capacity ratios. This is available by right-clicking on the member
for design results, or as part of the new printed design report.
• The documentation available using the Help > Documentation
command can now be modified by the user. This allows you to add company
standards and procedures, project data, language translations, and other
documents in a single location for ease of reference.
• The “Automated Lateral Loads Manual” has been added
which describes all the code-based seismic and wind loads available
in ETABS and SAP2000.
• Steel frame design check was added for the CAN/CSA-S16-01 design
code, including seismic provisions.
• Concrete frame design check was added for the CAN/CSA A23.3-04
design code.
• Steel frame design check was added for the AISC 360-05 and
IBC 2006 design code, including the seismic provisions of AISC 314-05.
The direct analysis method has been implemented, including second-order
P-delta effects and tau-b fixed or variable. Automatic iteration for
optimal member selection includes the effect of tau-b variable.
• New automated lateral loads were added, including:
• NBCC 2005 wind loads, seismic loads, and response-spectrum
functions
• IBC 2006 seismic loads and response-spectrum functions
• ASCE 7-05 wind loads
• Automated notional loads were added for the AISC 2005 design
code.
• Significant enhancements were made to the link between ETABS
and Autodesk Revit Structural 2008.
• Several new manuals were added:
• Concrete shear wall design for the ACI 318-02 and ACI 318-05
design codes.
• Combined all older steel frame design codes into a single comprehensive
manual
• Combined all older concrete frame design codes into a single
comprehensive manual