Nemetschek SCIA Engineer 2017 v17.0.76 SCIA Engineer is an integrated, multi-material structural analysis and design software for all kinds of structures. Its wide range of functionality makes it deployable for any construction type: design office buildings, industrial plants, bridges or any other project, all within the same easy-to-use environment. In addition to a state-of-the art modelling, mesh generator and high-performance finite element solver, it features integrated tools to check or optimize the structure to a variety of international and national building codes. SCIA Engineer was also designed from the ground up to perfectly plug into BIM workflows. Let us show you how. Integrate your Design Workflow and Reduce your Investments Streamline the Cooperation within the Design Team through Open BIM Impress your Clients with Professional Documentation BIM-like Modeling SCIA Engineer provides an intuitive way to work with structural objects. Unlike traditional software tools where you need to work with individual nodes and finite elements, SCIA Engineer allows you to define members with just one click or sketch complex curved shells just as easily as in today's CAD and BIM authoring tools. SCIA Engineer Curved Shapes Curved Shapes Curved beams and shells with constant or variable thickness, can all be easily defined through the modification of simple properties. Additionally, intersections between surfaces can be automatically generated and used as a basis to create cut-outs. This makes it easy to model complex geometry compared to more traditional finite element design tools. SCIA Engineer Grid & Stories Grids & Stories To facilitate the modeling of buildings and frames, SCIA Engineer comes with a wide range of 2D and 3D Grids: Cartesian Oblique Cylindrical Spherical Arbitrary (Free) grid lines Any number of grids can be used in the project, activated or deactivated, and freely rotated. In the case of multi-story buildings, Stories will enable you to better navigate your model, quickly switch from one floor to another and to visualize results per floor. SCIA Engineer Filtering Powerful Filtering & Selection Tools All structural objects and additional data can be easily accessed via a number of filtering and selection tools, removing the dependancy on navigation within the 3D environment: By selecting a single item, one can easily filter all other items in the model that share a similar property. Work with just a portion of a project active on screen. This filtering can be done based on layers in the model, on proximity to workplanes, on clipping boxes, etc. Selected elements can be saved, edited and reused at another time. Scia Engineer Table Input Table Input When modeling a project in a 3D atmosphere may not be the most efficient, the table input can be used as a straight forward way to create geometry. Some of the features included in the table input are: Input for most of SCIA Engineer’s structural elements, loads and libraries Import large data sets or functions from Excel Filtering and sorting tools allow for the parsing of data Link between table input and graphical window, so individual selections are easily identified Support for parametrics and keyboard shortcuts SCIA Engineer Parametric Modelling Parametric Modelling Parametric modelling allows users to actively adapt the model in order to quickly create design iterations of either repetitive or complex structures. Parametric models are generated by establishing parameters, which can include any model element or property (coordinates, dimensions, cross-sections, materials, loads, etc.). Finally, parametric templates can be established in order to allow users to create or modify projects by utilizing predefined objects, thus creating great efficiency in the modeling process.