Graphical User Interface

Define D-Region boundaries graphically

Define strut-and-tie models graphically and numerically

Guidelines, grid points, and snap tools for accurate dimensioning

Toolbars and dialog boxes for defining common elements, such as the imposed loadings, material properties, supports, and bearing plates

Templates for common truss models

Standard drawing and editing features, such as cut, copy, paste, delete, undo, redo, move, find, glue, and unglue

Easy access to member information by mouse right button click

Display of structural model, including reinforcement positions, labels, and areas, in multiple windows with various zooming and panning options

Context sensitive online help

Analysis Types

Design calculations (evaluation of truss member forces and truss member dimensions)

Detailed analysis of nodal zones

Simple truss capacity prediction

Load-deformation analysis

Truss Solution

Truss analysis and stress check at command

Statically indeterminate trusses

Truss stability checked with warning messages

Illustration of member forces and identification of member characteristics for dimensioning

Pushover analysis per user-defined stress-strain relationships of struts and ties with options to use load-controlled or displacement-controlled

Multiple Load Cases and/or
Strut-and-tie Models

Organize multiple load cases and/or strut-and-tie models in one database

Present multiple load cases and/or strut-and-tie models in multiple windows

Truss Member Dimensioning

Manual or automatic selection of effective widths of struts

Single or multiple layers of tie reinforcement

Checks of bearing plate stresses

Quick check of the adequacy of strut-and-tie model components through color identification

Support explicitly ACI Code requirements

Output Features

Graphical and tabular output

Create customized text input echo and/or output files

Create design summaries including graphics in Microsoft Word Document format

Create input echo and/or output tables in Microsoft Excel format

Create graphics printout with print preview

Export graphics into AutoCAD DXF and Bitmap files

Create response quantity plots obtained from load-deformation analysis in Microsoft Excel format

Display response history obtained from load-deformation analysis

Miscellaneous

Support SI, US customary, and old metric units interchangeable during the design

Support user-defined and ASTM Standard Reinforcing Bars (ASTM A615/A615M)

Unit converter for helping convert physical quantities from one unit to another

Built-in calculator for editable text boxes

Customizable windows and toolbars