# EUROCODE express

> Quick Eurocode-Compliant Checks for Beams, Columns, and Connections

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EUROCODE express is a rapid Eurocode-compliant structural component verification tool. It provides quick design checks for beams, columns, and connections per EN standards, enabling structural engineers to verify individual members efficiently without the overhead of full-frame analysis software.

EUROCODE express is an integrated Eurocode structural component verification tool from RUNET Norway AS, supplied and supported in India by RAM CADDSYS. It spans all eight structural Eurocodes — EN 1990 through EN 1998 — covering concrete, steel, composite, timber, masonry, geotechnical and seismic checks under a user-selectable National Annex. A built-in FRAME2D module adds 2D frame analysis, and every check produces a clause-referenced calculation report.

EUROCODE express by Runet Software is a focused verification tool for rapid Eurocode-compliant structural component checks. Designed for everyday engineering situations where quick, transparent member verification is needed, it covers steel, concrete, and timber elements per the relevant EN standards. The emphasis is on speed and clarity—engineers get code-compliant verification results with full calculation transparency in minutes rather than hours.

## Key points

- EUROCODE express is an integrated package spanning all eight structural Eurocodes (EC0 through EC8) in a single component-verification tool.
- It delivers rapid, code-compliant checks for individual members—beams, columns, connections, and more—without the overhead of building a full structural model.
- It is the only RUNET product that includes EC4 composite steel-and-concrete design alongside its concrete, steel, timber, masonry, and geotechnical checks.
- A user-selectable National Annex keeps every check aligned to country-specific Eurocode parameters and partial safety factors.
- A built-in FRAME2D module adds 2D frame and grillage analysis with ultimate-limit-state member design in the same environment.
- RAM CADDSYS supplies EUROCODE express in India with licensing, training, and technical support.
- Covers all eight structural Eurocodes (EC0 through EC8) in one integrated package—concrete, steel, composite, timber, masonry, geotechnical, and seismic—including EC4 composite design that the vendor offers only in this product.
- Rapid, transparent member verification: input section properties and loads and get code-compliant design results in minutes, without the overhead of building a full structural model.
- National Annex selection so results comply with country-specific Eurocode parameters and partial safety factors.
- Detailed design report for every component, showing assumptions, equations, and clause references to the Eurocodes and the selected National Annex—suitable for peer review and submission.
- Built-in FRAME2D module for 2D frame structures and grillages with ultimate-limit-state design, bridging quick component checks and full frame design.
- Direct DXF and PDF export of drawings and reports for documentation and CAD handoff.
- Component library spans the everyday objects engineers size daily—slabs, beams, columns, footings, retaining walls, bolted steel connections, timber trusses, and masonry walls.
- From RUNET Norway AS, a long-established Eurocode-focused developer, available in India with licensing, training, and support through RAM CADDSYS.

## Why engineers pick it

- **Rapid Verification** — Quick member checks without the overhead of full structural modeling.
- **All Eight Eurocodes** — An integrated package spanning all the structural Eurocodes (EC0 through EC8)—concrete, steel, composite, timber, masonry, geotechnical, and seismic—with actions and load combinations per EN 1990 and EN 1991, including the only RUNET product to offer EC4 composite design.
- **Full Calculation Transparency** — Step-by-step calculation output with Eurocode clause references, equation numbers, and intermediate values for engineering review, peer checking, and regulatory submission.
- **National Annex Support** — Supports country-specific National Annexes to the Eurocodes, ensuring verification results comply with national parameters and partial safety factors for the selected country.

## Capabilities

- **All-Eurocode component design (EC0–EC8)** — A single integrated environment built from component groups across all the structural Eurocodes—concrete (EC2), steel (EC3), composite (EC4), timber (EC5), masonry (EC6), geotechnics (EC7), and seismic (EC8)—with actions and load combinations per EC0 (EN 1990) and EC1 (EN 1991, including snow and wind).
- **Concrete and geotechnical objects** — Design of reinforced-concrete slabs, beams, and columns per EC2, plus geotechnical objects such as soil bearing capacity, spread footings, and retaining walls per EC7, with seismic provisions per EC8.
- **Steel members and bolted connections** — Cross-section classification and resistance, member buckling and lateral-torsional buckling, and bolted connection design per EC3—beam-to-beam, beam-to-column, splices, and base plates. Connections are designed component-by-component within the program (no CAD/FEA connection import).
- **Timber and masonry design** — Timber beams, columns, floors, roofs, and trusses per EC5 with automatic truss drawing generation, and masonry walls and buildings for vertical, shear, and lateral loads per EC6.
- **FRAME2D analysis and design** — A FRAME2D module performs analysis of 2-dimensional frame structures and grillages and adds member design at the ultimate limit state.
- **National Annex, reporting, and export** — Select the applicable National Annex and adjust design parameters and material properties; the program produces a detailed design report with assumptions, graphics, and Eurocode/National Annex references, and exports drawings and reports to DXF and PDF.
- **Steel Member Verification** — Cross-section classification and resistance checks for steel beams and columns per EN 1993-1-1 including bending, shear, compression, and combined loading verification.
- **Concrete Member Verification** — Reinforced concrete beam and column checks per EN 1992-1-1 including flexure, shear, and combined axial-bending verification with reinforcement sizing.
- **Timber Member Verification** — Timber beam and column checks per EN 1995-1-1 including bending, compression, buckling, and combined stress verification for solid timber and glulam sections.
- **Connection Checks** — Bolted and welded connection verification per Eurocode 3 including bolt group capacity, weld sizing, and base plate checks for common connection types.
- **Load Combination Generation** — Automatic generation of Eurocode load combinations per EN 1990 for ULS and SLS verification, ensuring all required combinations are checked systematically.

## Applications

- **Rapid member verification in everyday design** — Quickly size or check an individual beam, column, footing, or connection to the Eurocodes without building a full structural model.
- **Independent / peer checking** — Produce a transparent, clause-referenced calculation report to independently verify a member designed elsewhere, supporting design review and quality assurance.
- **Multi-material building projects** — Handle concrete, steel, composite, timber, and masonry elements within one tool, applying consistent EC0/EC1 actions and load combinations across all materials.
- **Geotechnical and foundation elements** — Design spread footings, check soil bearing capacity, and size retaining walls to EC7, including earthquake provisions per EC8.
- **2D frame design** — Analyse a 2D frame or grillage and carry out ultimate-limit-state member design for concrete, steel, or timber elements using the FRAME2D module.
- **Teaching and learning the Eurocodes** — Used as a study and reference companion for the structural Eurocodes (EC0–EC8), where the step-by-step, clause-referenced output makes the code procedures explicit.

## In depth

### Why do everyday Eurocode checks need an integrated verification tool?

Because a single building project routinely mixes concrete, steel, timber, and masonry, and EUROCODE express treats all eight structural Eurocodes as one workbench rather than forcing an engineer to switch programs—or open a heavier structural-analysis package—for every material.

Much everyday structural work is component-level: size a beam, check a column, verify a bolted connection. EUROCODE express is built for exactly that scope—input section properties and loads, and it returns a code-compliant result with full calculation output in minutes, without the setup cost of building a complete structural model. Because the program already spans concrete (EC2), steel (EC3), composite (EC4), timber (EC5), masonry (EC6), geotechnical (EC7), and seismic (EC8) design under one set of EC0/EC1 actions and load combinations, a multi-material project stays inside one consistent environment rather than being pieced together across separate single-material tools.

That consistency extends to compliance. A user-selectable National Annex applies country-specific parameters and partial safety factors to every check, and each result is backed by a detailed design report—assumptions, equations, and Eurocode clause references—suitable for peer review or regulatory submission. Within the RUNET product family, EUROCODE express is also the only program that adds EC4 composite steel-and-concrete design to the mix, which is part of why it functions as the integrated counterpart to more focused single-material tools like BETONexpress.

### How does EUROCODE express work in practice?

An engineer selects the Eurocode-based component type, enters section and material properties under the applicable National Annex, and the program runs the relevant EC checks and produces a clause-referenced report in the same session.

A typical check starts by choosing the material and element—an EC2 concrete beam or footing, an EC3 steel connection, an EC5 timber truss, an EC6 masonry wall, or an EC7 geotechnical object—then entering geometry, materials, and loads under the selected National Annex. For 2D frames and grillages, the built-in FRAME2D module first analyses the structure and then carries member design through to the ultimate limit state, so the same tool covers both the analysis and the code check rather than requiring results to be imported from elsewhere.

Steel connections—beam-to-beam, beam-to-column, splices, and base plates—are built and checked component-by-component inside the program itself rather than imported from a CAD or FEA model. Once a component is verified, EUROCODE express generates a detailed calculation report with assumptions, intermediate values, and Eurocode/National Annex references, and exports drawings to DXF and reports to PDF for documentation, CAD handoff, or submission to a checking authority.

## Design codes

- **EN (Eurocode)** — EN 1990 — Eurocode 0: Basis of structural design / EN 1991 — Eurocode 1: Actions on structures (incl. EN 1991-1-1, EN 1991-1-3 snow, EN 1991-1-4 wind) / EN 1992-1-1 — Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures / EN 1993-1-1 — Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures / EN 1994-1-1 — Eurocode 4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures / EN 1995-1-1 / EN 1995-1-2 — Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures / EN 1996-1-1 — Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures / EN 1997-1 — Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design / EN 1998-1 — Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance
- **National Annexes** — Country-specific National Annexes to the Eurocodes (user-selectable)

## Questions

### What is EUROCODE express used for?

It is used for rapid, code-compliant design and verification of individual structural components—concrete, steel, composite, timber, masonry, and geotechnical elements—to the Eurocodes, without needing a full structural analysis model. It also includes a FRAME2D module for 2D frames and grillages.

### Which Eurocodes does EUROCODE express cover?

It is an integrated package covering all eight structural Eurocodes: EN 1990 (EC0, basis of design), EN 1991 (EC1, actions including snow and wind), EN 1992 (EC2, concrete), EN 1993 (EC3, steel), EN 1994 (EC4, composite), EN 1995 (EC5, timber), EN 1996 (EC6, masonry), EN 1997 (EC7, geotechnical), and EN 1998 (EC8, earthquake resistance).

### Who develops EUROCODE express?

It is developed by RUNET Norway AS, based in Tennfjord, Norway—a developer focused on Eurocode-based structural engineering software, with a suite that also includes BETONexpress, STEELexpress, WOODexpress, and FRAME2D products.

### Does it support National Annexes?

Yes. You can select the National Annex to apply in the design so that results comply with country-specific Eurocode parameters and partial safety factors. The specific list of supported countries is not enumerated by the vendor.

### What kind of output and reports does it produce?

It produces a detailed design report for each designed component, showing assumptions, graphics, and references to the relevant Eurocodes and the selected National Annex. Reports and drawings can be exported to PDF, and drawings to DXF.

### Can it design steel connections, and can it import them from my CAD or FEA model?

It designs bolted steel connections per Eurocode 3—including beam-to-beam, beam-to-column, splices, and base plates—within the program itself. It is a component-based design tool and does not import connections directly from CAD or FEA software; you define the connection inside EUROCODE express.

### Does it do structural analysis or just member checks?

Both. Its core strength is rapid component design and verification, and it additionally includes a FRAME2D module that analyses 2D frame structures and grillages and performs ultimate-limit-state member design.

### What materials and member types are covered?

Concrete (slabs, beams, columns, footings, retaining walls), steel (beams, columns, bolted connections), timber (beams, columns, floors, roofs, trusses), and masonry (walls and buildings), plus geotechnical checks such as bearing capacity and spread footings.

### Does it generate drawings?

Yes. It produces detailed drawings for designed components—for example automatic truss drawings for timber—and these can be exported to DXF for CAD and to PDF.

### Is EUROCODE express suitable for quick design checks?

Yes. It is specifically built for rapid member verification, which makes it well suited to preliminary design, independent checking, and situations where a full-frame analysis model is not needed.

### How does it differ from other RUNET products like BETONexpress or STEELexpress?

BETONexpress focuses on concrete (EC2) and STEELexpress on steel (EC3). EUROCODE express is the integrated package spanning all eight Eurocodes in one tool—notably it is the only RUNET product that includes EC4 composite steel-and-concrete design.

### Is EUROCODE express available in India through RAM CADDSYS?

Yes. RAM CADDSYS distributes RUNET software in India and provides licensing, training, and technical support for structural engineering firms. Contact RAM CADDSYS for pricing and a demonstration.

### Does it apply to Indian standards (IS codes)?

No. EUROCODE express is a Eurocode (EN standards) tool. For projects that must be designed to Indian Standards (e.g. IS 456, IS 800), it would be used only where Eurocode design is acceptable or required; RAM CADDSYS can advise on the right tool for IS-code projects.

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