Best way to create a model
Best way to create a model
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I'm beginning to learn ETABS at our office and I've been trying to determine the most efficient way to model a structure. I concede that if the model was going to be simple, I would just create it using the drawing tools in ETABS. However, as the structures become more and more complex, it seems that it is easier to draw the model in 3D in AutoCAD and import a .dxf file. A friend in the office creates every model in ETABS by first modeling the first floor and then copying it up and modifying as necessary. Given that often times floors stack, I can see how this method works also. What is your preferred method to model in ETABS? Thank you.





RE: Best way to create a model
RE: Best way to create a model
I allways create a model with Allplan (AutoCad) and never with Etabs, since Etabs is very clumsy. It's also the third option Revit-Structure, but I never used it and I never heard any commnets on behaviour Revit-Etabs.
Drile007
RE: Best way to create a model