Stanford students can install the ETABS application on their computers to perform structural analysis and design by following these steps.
Note: You must be connected to the Stanford network environment (on-campus or via the VPN) to use our network license server for ETABS.
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Before you get started, you must configure your computer to point to the IP address of our ETABS network license server by creating a new System Environment Variable:
- Open the Windows Advanced system settings dialog.
- On Windows 8: Open the Windows Control Panel > System > Advanced tab
- On Windows 10: Navigate to Control Panel > Windows Settings > System and Security > System > Advanced System Settings to open the System Properties dialog.
- Click the Environment Variables button.
- Add a new System variable with the name LSFORCEHOST
- Set the value to cee-license.stanford.edu
- Click OK to accept the changes and close the Control Panel.
- Restart Windows.
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- Download the latest version of the ETABS software directly from CSI using the CSI Installation Wizard
- Run the ETABS Setup application.
- When prompted to Select Licensing Model, choose: Install ETABS for use with network license key.
- Click Next.
- The installer will look for our license manager at cee-license.stanford.edu. When it locates the license manager, click Next.
- IMPORTANT: This will only work if you are connected to the Stanford VPN.
- Download the ETABS installer to your computer.
- Click the Install button and accept the default setting to install ETABS on your computer. Then, wait patiently -- the installation takes several minutes to complete.
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- When the installation is complete, double-click the ETABS icon on your desktop or select Computers and Structures > ETABS from the Windows Start menu.