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by default etabs gives 10% of the beam depth as its top and bottom cover. Most of the times you can rely on that in order to save time by not getting lost too much into tiny details. I for example use 65mm for beams depth less than 750mm (40mm clear cover+10mm stirrups dia+half of 25mm dia bar considering it to be 1 layer) and 90mm for beams depth more than 750mm (considering two layers) you really need to worry about this issue when you have shallow beams, for deeper beams, etabs assumption of 10% of depth is fine. and 65mm for columns (they always have one layer, assume bar dia of 25mm or 1inch #8)

My question is that what should i put in top and bottom cover values while defining beams and column. by default etabs gives the cover values but they vary with sizes like 2.5 inch 2.7 etc

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Thanks for the check list Muhammad. Though its quite optimistic and very brief, i liked this list and found it really useful. I believe that a Project is constructed thrice, once in minds, then in Papers followed by real construction. Fortunately, this list covers all stages of a Project.

no there is no such option in ETABS! you can try ETABS 2013 detailing!