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A five-tool ETABS bridge for model info, materials, frame drawing, analysis and drift or force results, run through a gateway. By Aaradhya Dev Tamrakar.

2 starsUpdated 3 weeks agoGitHub data from 5 Nov 2026

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Works with: ETABS
How it connects: Drives a running copy of the tool
Access: Can modify models
Tool versions: ETABS v19 to v22
Operating systems: Windows
Needs a ETABS licence: Yes
Transport: Remote (HTTP)
AI clients documented: Claude Desktop, Cursor, Google Antigravity
Licence: MIT
Language: Python

What it can do

Reads units, story levels and object counts from the open model.
Defines concrete and steel materials and rectangular or circular frame sections, and draws beams and columns between coordinates.
Runs the analysis and returns story drifts, displacements or member forces for a load case.

Limitations

Designed to be reached through the author's autodesk-mcp gateway, which routes etabs_* tools to this bridge's dynamic port.
Only five tools; no load definition or design checks.

Install

git clone https://github.com/Aaradhya-Dev-Tamrakar/etabs-mcp.git
cd etabs-mcp
pip install -e .
pip install comtypes

Source: github.com/Aaradhya-Dev-Tamrakar/etabs-mcp#1-installation

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AI-generated models, drawings and results must be checked by a qualified engineer before use.