ETABS - Training Series | Structural Academy

Overview

The ETABS training series is a continuously expanding video collection that will progressively cover the program’s key features. Learn at your own pace and enjoy new chapters as soon as they are released.

Target Audience

Only a solid grasp of structuralmodeling concepts is required. This series is ideal for:

Civil/structural engineering students starting with ETABS

Structural engineers looking to deepen their knowledge and optimize their workflow for building analysis and design or simply learn more about ETABS

Instructors who need uptodate teaching materials

Experienced professionals interested in advanced features (API, Interactive Database, etc.)

Used Software

ETABS (with Excel and VBA integration)

Subscription

By subscribing, you receive:

Immediate access to all published chapters

Automatic inclusion of future chapters at no extra cost

After your subscription expires, you can re-subscribe for free as long as the series is still available in this mode.

Available Chapters

User Interface: learn how to navigate the user interface, including model creation, using templates, menus, tools, and basic settings.

EDB and E2K Files, Stories and Grids: learn the key commands from the File and Edit menu, and explore how to work with EDB and E2K files, define stories, and configure coordinate systems and grids.

Intro to the Interactive Database: explore the Interactive Database by first surveying its full table set and then working through practical examples—adding single and multiple section properties, modifying existing sections, assigning loads to frames, and even generating new frame elements—all executed directly within the database and, when helpful, alongside Excel.

Introducing the ETABS OAPI: learn how to automate tasks and integrate ETABS into calculation routines through its Open API.

For a more detailed description of the contents, you can download the following document: ETABS_Training_Series_EN.pdf

Next Chapter

Materials: covers the definition of all basic material properties along with some advanced options.

Contents in: EN / ES

1 module • 4 videos • 2:52:02 h

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Lecture 1 - User interface

34:04 min

Lecture 2 - EDB and E2K Files, Storeys and Grids

41:20 min

Lecture 3 - Intro to the Interactive Database

24:07 min

Lecture 4 - Introducing the ETABS OAPI

1:12:31 h

Course details

Language: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English
2:52:02 h of contents
4 videos
1 downloadable files

ETABS - Training Series