ETAP is generally the best software i have used. I would love to see features like infinite busbar being able to be implemented

The software is good for asset management, real time simulation and for everyday problem solving on all designs

They software is only forward compactible. Exchange of models between clients and designers wont be easy if we are using different versions. I would to see the features such as lightning protection modelling using rolling sphere, EGM and shield angels. The software can only perform grid design for substation earthing only

Overall, I'm a happy customer with ETAP software. Good work team ETAP! :)

There are a few things in ETAP that are actually very attractive. 1. The very attractive thing about ETAP is its user-friendly graphical interface which is very attractive with state of the art graphical symbols having both IEC and ANSI options selectable on simple clicks along with color coding according to voltage levels. This helps visually a lot in classifying one's systems based on voltage levels. 2. Help Desk support is an excellent feature with FTP support area for large file handling. 3. One click report generation with study/scenario wizards saves a lot of time for complex projects.

There are a few things in ETAP that are actually annoying sometimes. 1. First is the dumpster. Once you delete an element, you can't simply undo to restore it from dumpster. You need to be super smart to get it back. The undo / redo should be smartly management as in many other software. It will save a lot of hassle and time. 2. Backward compatibility is also a major concern. Projects created in newer versions can't be opened in older versions at all which is required sometimes to review the work of contractors. It should have some backward compatibility, say, to 4 previous releases. 3. Static studies such as load flow, short circuit etc do not consider turbine rating to generate alerts as the same is needed in some plants where turbines are under-rated than associated generators. No documentation is also available in this regard. 4. Library updates are also not available until next version is released. Limited models are available for ASD/VFD drives for harmonic studies even for very common drives. One has to create every common model manually which takes a lot of time.

Etap Arc flash capability is great! Very good

Not very user friendly. Not very easy to use

Good but something should be improved otherwise customer would seek for other brand.

User friendly and thus easy to use than any other power system analysis softwares.

Grounding system study is inferior than other competitor such as XGSLab, CDEGS. Main Ground Grid analysis of ETAP is suitable only for a simple soil condition. I experienced very difficult soil condition with resistivity in the range of 800-1500 Ohm-m which ETAP cannot help and Electricity Authority disapproved analysis using ETAP. Thus we have to seek for other software to solve the problem by modeling a customized grid conductor such as using clay covering bare copper conductor and analyze touch and step voltage. Cables sizing calculation still has no capability to calculate according to IEC60287 standard which calculate from heat transfer theory. I have to purchase other software, CYMCAP, to calculate correctly. So ETAP is used for power system analysis only except cables sizing calculation and grounding system study. Another cons is ETAP support. I experienced that sometime I found problem using ETAP in analyzing GCB, I asked ETAP for technical help but unfortunately EATP ignored my request and after several follow up I got a very simple words which is not any useful. I felt very bad with ETAP support team. I hope that ETAP support would be improved.

1) Electrical Design Validation (Switchgear/Transformer/Cable etc. Rating) 2) Protection Coordination 3) Personnel & Plant Safety thru Arc Flash

1) Load Flow 2) Short Circuit 3) Motor Starting 4) Relay Coordination: Sequence Operation

1) Harmonic Analysis - Result Difficult to Compare IEEE 519 2) Relay Coordination - Taking More Time to Prepare TCC 3) Not Having Feature to Change the TAG Nos. At A Time All Together (Like in Word Find/Replace) 4) Not Having Feature to Prepare Any Component Library User Friendly. 5) Not Having Feature to Change Model Component Symbols from IEC to ANSI or reverse all together at a time.

ETAP is used for all our nuclear plant power system analysis and assists us with all necessary design changes. Their customer support is known throughout our industry to be world class.

ETAP has supported the nuclear power industry by designing and supplying software for our specialized analytical needs for over 20 years. They have become the defacto standard for nuclear plant power system analysis throughout the U.S. with over 90% of plants and utilities standardizing on ETAP.

Although it may sound like I’m making this up, after using this software through all of its many evolutions over the years, I honestly can’t think of anything.

I have 18 years experience with ETAP Software and compared to comparable software, I believe that ETAP has the most features they keep developing more features and tools to use.

Provides many of the engineering calculations for design and analysis of electrical power, protection and control systems in one software package. It is a necessity in providing our customers the best designs and arc flash analysis.

I have to set up my defaults and tools the way that I like to use them and display them when I get a new version. I would like ETAP to add L-G faults for 1-Phase center-tapped sources.

We are solving the requirements set up by NFPA 70E and IEEE requirements to keep workers same.

TCC, Arc Flash and short circuit studies help keep facility personnel safe and help identify where changes are needed.

Running large study wizards needs to be able to produce the reports at the end. It is extramely troublesome to have to generate EACH report from a 200+ node compressor station where you have 20+ configurations for studies that are scheduled to run. Also printing TCC with the elements shown in the curves needs to be easier.

I have used Etap for over 12 years and have used it for design, installation, and troubleshooting of many power generation systems over this period. These systems primarily include relay coordination, and protection schemes, arc flash, and motor starting. It is a great product.

Etap utilizes all of the components the model and integrates them all together so it is easy to go from one module to the next and still work with all data and information from other modules. "Star" systems is an example.

Alignment and viewing results on the one-line can get crowded but it can be edited to view only the critical information.

Overall experience has been good. We've experienced some troubles but we've always gotten the problem fixed by the customer support. We try to use ETAP whenever possible.

I like it the most how user friendly it is and that it gives me the comfort that the results are correct.

There are a certain things that are different in this software compared to others. E.g. there is no "save as", only "copy project to" and you have to open it afterwards (if you want to work on the new project). And copy - paste is different than in any other software. It doesn't bother me anymore, but it's weird.

Overall, ETAP is our go to software for Arc Flash Risk Assessment and makes it very easy for us to analyze and report on projects.

What i like about the software is that it is easy to use and update. We started using the ETAPApp so that field data collection is much faster and more efficient. Great addition to the software.

Large projects typically take a long time to run. We currently have a 4,200 bus model that takes more than 5 hours to analyze for Arc Flash

Having used SKM and Easy Power, ETAP by far is the most accurate and easy to use power Analysis software. ETAP library is outstanding and easy to use. ETAP single lines also let you very closely represent the actual system in the field. We even rebuilt one facility after Hurricane destroyed all drawings. The Customer service is also excellent and very helpful. I have used ETAP since 1998.

Most of the Issues encountered over the years have been fixed or addressed.

My overall experience is really good. ETAP offers seminars and their help support is quite responsive.

The software is quite simple to use and ETAP keeps improving the interface. ETAP really listens to its costumers and makes lots of changes for the next upgrade.

There are lots of modules that you can buy instead of making a bundle with all of the capabilities.

The use of ETAP is to plant cases of academic study, where students begin to have a first encounter with simulations in the area of ​​power.

The use of ETAP for the subjects of Energy Distribution Systems, Electric Machines and Power Systems, has been the best option, due to the intuitiveness of the software and that the students rely on to understand the topics seen in class.

José Simeón Cañas University received a donation of the student version ETAP software, but we would have liked that student version were more modules enabled and limited in nodes of analysis.

I really like the software and am become more comfortable with it from beginning till end of work

User-friendly. results are very clear. the processing is fast.

It is extremely expensive. It may require more options for modeling the structure.

We are working to standardize our Electrical designs and address some areas were we feel we can improve the products. I am looking forward to seeing if the tool meets our expectations it should help us achieve those goals.

I am the administrator and worked / coordinated with IT to get the tools installed and up and running for the users. My work with the support folks when we had issues went very well and the support teams were knowledgeable.

I am still waiting on feedback from the users and what they feel is missing from the tool.

Very good sofware. Excellent support.

Arc flash, starting and load flow studies are easy to modelized and start to get a fast result.

1- Problem with different tap changer for parralel application 2- Hard to customize a TCC curve

The software is of high impact for students' learning and project experience.

Incorporating industry standards. This software suite is widely used in PC companies.

It will be very helpful to have examples of "small" systems for beginners to learn the software.

Excellent software to use for electrical study

breaker coorination, arc flash, short circuit and load flow analysis

If ETAP can add in more features like DC features to the standard features that will be great.

We use ETAP for modelling power systems to check overload on cables, we also mainly use it to evaluate short circuit and find values for the short circuit contribution as is required by DNOs during applications for new generation

It is easy to pick up most of the features, has good displays of information in real time and in report form. Flags issues visually with red so can quickly identify where the system is facing an overload

Sometimes it is unclear what error is stopping the simulation running, The same diagram sometimes will work and sometimes throws and error and not always clear what it is that is changing between iterations

Great!

I liked that ETAP can produce arc flash labels for you without having the user do manual calculations. The Scenario wizard makes it easy to study different configurations for the circuit

I wish there was a function in ETAP that allowed the user to print select labels for equipment, instead it prints labels for the system voltage which is fine, I just wish there was a function in the software to make select lables for select equipment loads

I have a very nice experience with ETAP.I have been using this software from last 10-12 years. It is a very user friendly software for Electrical Engineers.I must recommend it for every Electrical Engineer.

ETAP is a very user friendly software. It is very useful & helpful tool for every electrical engineer. High level Calculations can be done very precisely & with high level of accuracy.

Customisation of the ETAP library is least liked by me. ETAP Library should be more versatile.

Grounding studies, Arc Flas Studies, SC and protection coordination studies, Cable Pulls, Line Impedance calculations,

Ease of use, user friendly, lot of tools for various studies

ETAP needs to invest in better libraries and ensure that they are getting updated faster than they are doing currently.

ETAP has numerous configurations and different ways to accomplish the same task to accommodate different user operating preferences. A establish software that meets most needs and appropriate learning curve.

ETAP has several promising add-on modules that need to be purchased for good reason. However, an all inclusive package at least with initial testing features would be beneficial to get familiar with such features.