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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  

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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   

Pattern Loading   

Open Structure Wind 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  

Staged Construction   

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Single Stage from Initial State   

Change Sections 

Multiple Stages  

Time Dependent Stiffness 

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

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)

Automated PBD hinges and procedures based upon ASCE 41-13 

Steel and concrete fiber models for shear walls and columns 

D/C ratio plots and tables for fast performance evaluation 

Material strain as performance measure for D/C ratios 

Several new hysteresis options for nonlinear hinges 

Options for hysteretic stiffness and strength degradation 

Quasi-static (Dyanmic) option for Static Pushover analysis of complex 

models

Generalized displacement constraints for strain evaluation 

Output averaging of responses over several time history runs 

 Design Plus Nonlinear Ultimate

Steel Frame   

Concrete Frame   

Composite Beam and Column   

Shear Wall   

Steel Joist   

Strip Based Slab Design 

FEM Based Slab Design 

Punching Shear Check 

Post-Tensioning Stress Checks 

 Output and Display Plus Nonlinear Ultimate

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Mixed Units   

Deformed Geometry   

Shell Force and Stress Contours   

Reaction Diagrams   

Tabular Output   

Section Cuts   

Video Animations   

Rendered Views   

 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   

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