“ETABS Full Tutorial: Building with Basement Retaining Wall Modeling |Practical Design Series Part 2

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Welcome to Lecture 2 of our Practical Building Design Series!
In this detailed session, we’ll take you through the complete ETABS modeling process for a real 5-story commercial building — step by step.

📘 What You’ll Learn in This Lecture
0:00 – Intro: ETABS modeling lecture overview
0:20 – Starting a new ETABS project + unit & code settings
1:05 – Defining custom story data (basement, ground floor, G+ floors)
2:58 – Setting commercial building story heights properly
5:08 – Importing AutoCAD DXF beam-column plan
6:14 – Auto-creating columns and beams from CAD layers
7:22 – Defining M25 & M35 concrete material grades
9:31 – Defining TMT 550D steel rebar properties
12:05 – Creating multiple concrete beam sections
15:46 – Modifying column section grades to pass capacity checks
17:00 – Why column concrete grade should be increased
19:31 – Assigning beam sections to null lines
21:50 – Using offset links to connect beams to column center
26:29 – Creating lift core shear walls and naming peers
29:00 – Assigning basement joint fixity for raft foundation
30:06 – Drawing retaining walls with proper offset
32:01 – Slab creation with M25 concrete – basement & ramp slabs
36:14 – Supporting slabs with beam-column-shear wall
37:02 – Drawing inclined ramp beams and columns
39:53 – Structural analysis and deflection check
42:04 – Understanding exaggerated deflection in ETABS
42:36 – Next lecture preview: Ground floor and above story modeling

This tutorial is ideal for civil engineering students, site engineers, and structural consultants aiming to master RCC commercial design using ETABS 2023.

🎯 Plus, don’t miss advanced tips on:

Handling beam-column offsets using links

Entering clear cover values correctly

Performing early structural stability checks

Designing realistic ramps for basement parking
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