Analysis and design of buildings using Revit and ETABS software

Abstract

An increase in population has led more often towards vertical development rather than horizontal development, because of this the demand for multi-storied buildings has increased and they constitute about 60-70% of the urban infrastructure. In the present time, the design and analysis of civil structures are generally carried out by various design software, amongst them E-Tabs and Revit Structures (BIM) are the widely used and leading ones. Revit is one of the widely used applications in the BIM industry, it uses an external application named - Robot Structures for design purposes, whereas ETABS is an analytical and design software. This research work mainly deals with the design and analysis of a multi-story reinforced concrete structure using ETABS and REVIT Structure software separately and a comparison of the results obtained. Both these software’s use the Limit State Design principles conforming to the Indian Standard Code of Practice for the design of structures. In this work a G + 10 structure is considered which is subjected to static and dynamic loads like seismic and wind loads, the plan layout includes grids of sizes 3.5 m × 3.5 m with 4 in number in both X and Y directions. The main aim of this research work is to draw an optimum line between the design and cost estimation of RC buildings and to determine which software gives better results, as these projects(buildings) are of low-medium scale, the major factor governing them is the cost of construction. The results include a comparison of variations in shear forces, bending moments values and reinforcement details obtained from both the software. Based on the design data, cost estimation is carried out for the structural members.