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

🎯 Learn Advanced Structural Design: https://fieldready.co.in/MegaAdvanceP... 📁 Download AutoCAD file & course PDFs: https://fieldready.co.in/MegaAdvanceP... 📞 Join Our Courses: WhatsApp +91-8107449932 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 #ETABS2023 #BuildingDesign #StructuralEngineering #FieldReady #CivilEngineering #RCCDesign #BeamColumnModeling #ShearWallDesign #etabstutorial #retainingwall #retainingwalldesign