Abstract :

Due To Its Many Advantages, Including Increased Uniformity In Design, Less Room For Human Mistake, And Streamlined Modeling Efficiency, Automation Has Quickly Become An Integral Part Of Contemporary Structural Engineering. An Automated System For Structural Modeling And Engineering Documentation Was Created And Validated In This Work Utilizing The ETABS Open Application Programming Interface (API). The Suggested Application Was Built In C# With The Help Of The Microsoft.NET Framework. It Automates The Production Of Structural Models And The Compilation Of Engineering Reports By Integrating The ETABS COM Automation With The Microsoft Word COM Automation. Input Characteristics Such As Structural Grids, Columns, Roof Rafters, Intermediate Members, And Bracing Systems Are Used By The Created Program To Automatically Build Warehouse Structural Geometry. Simultaneously, The Software Produces Standardized Engineering Documentation. We Compared The Built System To ETABS Models That Were Manually Created And Used Three Warehouse Layouts With Varying Dimensions To Verify It. Verification Of Geometry, Connection Of Members, Correctness Of Coordinates, Modeling Time, And Documentation Quality Were All Part Of The Validation Process. While Cutting Modeling Time By About 97- 99.6 Percent, The Automated Models Showed Full Geometric Agreement With Reference Models Made By Hand. Additionally, Without Any Human Involvement, The Produced Engineering Reports Had Consistent Formatting. Using ETABS API-based Automation, The Research Shows That Repeated Structural Modelling Applications May Be Reliably And Efficiently Handled, Leading To Significant Increases In Engineering Productivity, Modeling Accuracy, And Documentation Quality.

Published:

31-7-2026

Issue:

Vol. 26 No. 7 (2026)

Page Nos:

1538 - 1544

Section:

Articles

License:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite