Beam Design

• Designs beams for strong-axis bending, shear, deflections and dimensional constraints.
• Integrates Cold-Formed Steel, a light, malleable, and durable material that is rapidly becoming the material of choice for many engineers.
• Beam Design utilizes the latest in Cold-Formed Steel Design Manual, 2017 Edition (AISI S100 -16 Specification).
• AISI S100-16 Edition section database.
• Improved beam optimization engine no longer requires Width inputs to optimize tubes and angles.
• Separate bracing can be input for bottom and top flanges of beams.
• Live load patterning for both LRFD and ASD designs.
• Automatic load combinations available as specified in ASCE 7-16 standard..
• Seismic load case is available.
• Loads include up to 40 concentrated and linear loads about the member’s strong axis.
• Beams can have up to 18 spans with pinned, fixed, or free (cantilever) ends.
• Reports are created in Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF), which is native to Microsoft Word and recognized by nearly all word processors.
• Printable shear, moment, and deflection diagrams.
• Input and output can be in either metric or US customary units.

Beam Column Design

• Beam-Columns are designed for axial forces, bi-axial bending, shear, deflections and dimensional constraints.
• Integrates Cold-Formed Steel, a light, malleable, and durable material that is rapidly becoming the material of choice for many engineers.
• Beam Design utilizes the latest in AISI Cold-Formed Steel design
  manual 2017 Edition.
• AISI S100-16 Edition section database.
• Improved beam optimization engine no longer requires Width inputs to optimize tubes and angles.
• Standard load combinations using ASCE 7-16.
• Seismic load case is available.
• Cold-Formed Steel Beam/Column’s procedure reports include a step-by-step listing of the computations used to check or design the member. The report lists what AISC equation was used, displays the equation, and reports the calculated value for each step. The detail of the report is unmatched, by even textbooks, making it a great tool for engineers learning the new AISI S100-16 standard.
• Loads include up to 48 transverse concentrated forces (transverse and axial), linear loads and end moments applied about either bending axis.
• Reports are created in Microsoft Rich Text Format(RTF), which is native to Microsoft Word and recognized by nearly all word processors.
• Printable shear, moment, and deflection diagrams.
• Input and output can be in either metric or US customary units.