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Speckle currently supports ETABS versions: 21, 22, & 23. The ETABS connector works on Windows only.
You can publish without the connector: upload the .edb file, with its result files to include the analysis results. For what an upload publishes, read File uploads in 2026.9.

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Setup

1

Install the connector

Install your ETABS connector
2

Open the ETABS connector

  1. Go to Tools.
ETABS toolbar
  1. Select Speckle to open the ETABS connector.
  1. Select Sign in if you haven’t linked your Speckle account.
    Login
If the plugin is not showing up under Tools, you can manually load the ETABS connector:
  1. Navigate to Tools -> Add/Show Plugins...
  2. Click Browse and navigate to the path {localappdata}\Computers and Structures\ETABS xx\Speckle\
  3. Select the SpeckleConnectorCSI.dll file. Click Add and then Ok.
  1. Make sure your version of ETABS is one of the supported versions.
  2. Uninstall and reinstall your connector.
Don’t select Run as administrator when installing: that installs the connector for the administrator account, not yours. Double-click the .exe, or right-click it and select Open.
Installation issues can also be caused by conflicting plugins.If you’re still experiencing problems, report it in our Community Forum and include:
  • Your application version
  • Your Speckle connector version
If your connector window is floating, try docking it to your application to fix blank UI issues. For major issues, you can sometimes find a log file in your directory at AppData\Roaming\Speckle\Logs. Report your problem in our Community Forum and include your application version, your Speckle connector version, and a copy of the log.
Signing in opens a browser page for your Speckle server. If it doesn’t open, or it never returns you to the connector, check that you can reach your server in your browser, update the connector to the latest version, and try again.
Older connector versions sign in through Speckle Desktop Services, which is deprecated. Update the connector to the latest version. If you must stay on the older version, search for Speckle Desktop Services in Windows search and run it before signing in.
All Speckle connectors are installed like any other program. You can uninstall them directly from your system’s Applications. For a full uninstall, also remove Speckle Desktop Services if it is installed.
You can always download the latest version of the connector in the web app. If a new version of the connector is available, you will also see a notification in your connector UI.

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Publishing a Model

1

Select Publish

Publish-only
2

Choose a project

  • Select an existing project - or select New Project to create one
Publish
3

Choose a model

  • Select an existing model - or select New Model to create one
Publish
4

Select objects to publish

  1. In your application viewport, select the elements you want to publish.
  2. Select Publish.
Publish
Publish
  1. Your model is now published to Speckle and is available to the rest of your team.
All selectable model objects can be published: Joints, Frames, Tendons, Shells and Links. Each published object contains the following information:
  • Type
  • Geometry as Mesh , Curve or Point
  • Children objects, such as Joints
  • Custom properties
All custom properties can be found under the properties field when you select and view an ETABS object in your browser. Custom properties vary depending on the type of ETABS element, and can include:
  • Assignments (e.g. material and section)
  • Geometry metrics (e.g. length or area)
  • Object ID (e.g. sub-classification for Frame -> Column, Beam, or Brace, label, and associated level)
The specific properties for materials and sections will not appear on individual model objects. To view your model materials and sections in your web browser:
  1. Open the Scene Explorer tab in the Navigation Bar to the left (or press Shift + E)
  2. Click Switch to Dev Mode. This will give you full access to all objects and properties in your model.
  3. Expand the sectionProxies or materialProxies item.
  4. Expand any item in this list to see a Section or Material with all of its properties. The section can be matched back to any element based on its name, and the material can be matched to any section based on its name.
Yes. ETABS analysis results are published as model-level data, not as properties on each individual object.In the published Speckle model, the model version points to a root object, also called the Root Collection. That root object is the top level of the published data package. ETABS stores available model analysis results there under info.analysisResults.To inspect them in the browser, open the model version, switch the Scene Explorer to Dev Mode, and inspect the root object instead of selecting an individual frame, shell, joint, or link.
The following data is not published as properties on individual ETABS objects:
  • Load cases, patterns and combinations
  • Grids and grid information
  • Analysis results, which are published at the root object level under info.analysisResults
In the viewer, select the View Modes button in the side bar, and switch the view mode to Shaded. If you still don’t see your object colors, let us know in our Community Forum
Image texture files are not supported. Speckle does not transfer bitmaps or other image maps (such as JPG or PNG files) embedded in materials from the source application.Speckle does carry PBR-style material data in general—where a connector maps to it, materials can include properties such as base colour, opacity, metalness, roughness, and emissive colour. That is not the same as shipping texture images: you get numeric material parameters, not image assets used for wood grain, brick patterns, and similar in the authoring tool.Different materials can still appear separately in the destination with distinct colours and PBR fields. What you see may look closer to a consistent shaded or PBR preview than to the full render-appearance with image maps in tools such as Revit or SketchUp. To use image textures in your target application, apply or remap them locally after you publish or load.
After you publish a Speckle model, click on the Report button to see any errors that may have occurred. Click on any item in the report to highlight that item in your application. Some objects may not be supported for publishing.

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Loading a Model

The ETABS connector is publish-only.
If you would like to be able to load a model into ETABS, please reach out on our Community Forum: https://speckle.community/c/features Include the following information: - Which application your Speckle model is published from - Why you want to load your model into ETABS- How frequently you would use this workflow (daily, weekly, monthly, longer).
Last modified on October 15, 2026