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The questions engineers ask — answered by the right software.
60+ real queries from our helpdesk across 26 products — structural, steel, concrete, geotechnical and BIM. Each one links to the tool built to solve it.
Steel detailing & PEB
3D modeling, fabrication drawings, CNC output and pre-engineered buildings.
- 3D steel detailing software built for automationCOMOSYS 2026
- Auto-generate fabrication drawings from a 3D modelCOMOSYS 2026
- CNC/NC file generation for steel fabricationCOMOSYS 2026
- Generate Bar Bending Schedules (BBS) from a modelCOMOSYS 2026
- IS 800 steel detailing and shop drawingsCOMOSYS 2026
- Design a 30m clear-span PEB to IS 800:2007mkaPEB
- Automated load calculations for pre-engineered buildingsmkaPEB
- Steel portal frame and purlin design for PEBmkaPEB
- Cold-formed Z-purlin design spanning 6 mmkaPEB
- PEB design software for metal building manufacturersmkaPEB
Steel analysis, design & connections
Frame analysis, member design and code-compliant steel connections.
- Seismic analysis of a 15-storey RCC towerSTRAP
- Composite floor design with shear studsSTRAP
- Structural analysis software for industrial facilitiesSTRAP
- Bridge analysis and designSTRAP
- Steel connection design to AISC 360IDEA StatiCa Steel
- Moment connection design with CBFEMIDEA StatiCa Steel
- Base plate and anchor design checkIDEA StatiCa Steel
- Bolted and welded shear connection designIDEA StatiCa Steel
- Verify steel joints, integrated with Tekla and RevitIDEA StatiCa Steel
- Reduce steel connection design time with code checksIDEA StatiCa Steel
- Steel beam and column design to Eurocode 3STEEL express
- Bolted base-plate connection design (EN 1993)STEEL express
- Single-storey portal frame design with crane loadsSteel Portal Frame EC3
- Haunch and rafter design to Eurocode 3Steel Portal Frame EC3
- 2D frame static and dynamic analysisFRAME 2D
- Quick 2D frame analysis and member checksFRAME 2D express
Concrete design
Reinforced and prestressed concrete design, detailing and code checks.
- Precast concrete detailing and drawingsCOMOSYS 2026
- Reinforced concrete cross-section design and code checkIDEA StatiCa Concrete
- D-region and anchorage design for concreteIDEA StatiCa Concrete
- Prestressed concrete cross-section checksIDEA StatiCa Concrete
- Eurocode concrete beam and column design with reportsRUNET
- Flat slab and raft foundation designSTRAP
- Concrete and steel design in one analysis modelSTRAP
Geotechnical
Soil mechanics, foundations, slopes, tunnels and deep excavations.
- Deep excavation analysis with staged constructionPLAXIS
- Tunnel and foundation analysis in soft clayPLAXIS
- 2D finite-element analysis of embankmentsPLAXIS 2D
- 3D soil-structure interaction for pile groupsPLAXIS 3D
- Slope stability by limit analysis (2D)OPTUM G2
- Bearing capacity with seepage and water tableOPTUM G2
- 3D foundation and excavation limit analysisOPTUM G3
- Retaining wall design and settlement analysisGEO5
- Pile group design and verificationGEO5
- 3D finite-element analysis for tunnels and soilsCESAR LCPC
BIM & cold-formed steel
Automated BIM, light-gauge framing and manufacturing output.
Tunnels, marine & pavement
Tunnel linings, floating structures, waves and pavement design.
- Tunnel lining design for circular sectionsC-TUNNEL
- Tunnel lining under ground, water and seismic loadsC-TUNNEL
- Stability of floating structures and bargescgFLOAT
- Wind-generated wave height and spectra for coastal designcgWindWaves
- Flexible pavement design (mechanistic-empirical)ALIZE LCPC
- Back-calculation of pavement moduli from FWDALIZE LCPC
Code checks & model review
Rapid Eurocode verification, section data and 3D model review.
- Rapid Eurocode member verificationEUROCODE express
- Quick connection checks to EN standardsEUROCODE express
- Timber beam and connection design to Eurocode 5WOOD express
- Glulam and LVL member design (EN 1995)WOOD express
- Steel section properties and cross-section classification (EC3)SteelSections EC3
- Optimal steel section selection to Eurocode 3SteelSections EC3
- 3D plant model review and clash detectioneZWalker
- Lightweight 3D model navigation for plant revieweZWalker
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