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The Professional Edition is for engineers having higher demands in terms of analysis, design and BIM. It extends the modelling capabilities of the Concept Edition by, for example, a general cross-section with the shape defined by the user. Steel designers obtain a powerful tool for design of steel connections including the ability to generate drawings of connection parts.
(The Professional Edition includes all capabilities of Scia Engineer Concept Edition)
Advanced analysis |
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Steel connections |
- Advanced non-linear analysis
- Stability analysis
- Natural frequencies and modes,
harmonic and seismic load
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- Frame rigid and pinned
- Bolted diagonals
- Grid connections
- Expert system library
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Drawings of steel structures |
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Parametric modelling |
- Steel overview drawings
- Details of steel connection
- Assembly drawing of connections
- Foundation plan drawing
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- Geometry, cross-sections
- Loading, stiffness, etc.
- Parametric templates
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Steel connections and drawings
The Professional Edition includes the module for design and code-checking of steel connections with endplates, bolts, stiffeners and welds. A special wizard for preparation of detail drawings of the connections together with general arrangement drawings of the whole structure contribute to the impressiveness of the 3D visualisation of the project in the engineering report.
Parametric input
“Parametric Modelling” applicable to any part of the model is convenient for engineers who often work on similar types of structures because typical parts of structures or even whole buildings can be stored as templates and re-used later with different dimensions, cross-sections, material grades, etc. Parameters also allow for effective optimisation of the shape and dimensions.
BIM
This Edition contains a BIM Workgroup toolbox, enabling exchange of models with other software packages. The Professional Edition includes intelligent member recognition, powerful “Structure2Analysis” conversion, automatic alignment and other functions.
Two-way “Round-Trip Engineering” with Allplan makes the exchange of data very comfortable and easy. The certified IFC 2x3 interface opens doors to a whole new dimension of communication. A special link module is available for the exchange of data with Tekla Structures ©.
Effective teamwork is supported by a sophisticated Update module that can take data from two sources (either two Scia Engineer projects or one Scia Engineer project and one structural model read from CAD software), compare them, highlight differences and merge together.
Advanced analysis
This Edition allows for a whole set of advanced types of calculation. Stability analysis is applicable to structures that may fail due to buckling. Advanced options in non-linear analysis allow for the calculation of 2D members that are capable of resisting only compression forces, for example brick walls. Non-linear springs and gaps between individual structural members can be taken into account as well. For projects where dynamics play important role, this Edition offers the calculation of natural frequencies and modes and analysis of the response to harmonic and seismic load. Especially engineers dealing with transportation structures will welcome the ability to analyse mobile loads.
Design
The design of steel structures includes fire resistance checks and plastic analysis. The fire resistance checks are also available for concrete structures.
Additional Modules
A set of additional modules complements the capabilities of the Editions. Available are modules for the design and code-checking of aluminium structures, composite structures, hollow-core panels, pipeline systems, steel masts, etc. Please contact your local sales representative for more information. |
