Relative Comparison of Analysis programs
Relative Comparison of Analysis programs
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Our company is considering purchasing a new, general- purpose, structural analysis program. We do mainly industrial and commercial buildings, foundations, slabs, platforms, mezzanines, etc. The company I previously worked for used "Visual Analysis." Our experiences with it were good; however, I have tried the demo versions of several others, and would be interested in soliciting other engineers' opinions as to their favorites. This software is so expensive that it pays to survey the field to see what opinions others have concerning applicability, adaptability, and ease of use of these programs.






RE: Relative Comparison of Analysis programs
Also, the results of a survey of users, again a little old, at
http://www.modernsteel.com/msc/9801_03_softwaresurvey.pdf
I have not found any surveys for slab design yet, and I am very interested in the comments your request will generate here.
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Thanks,
Kevinkdb, JAE, and pylko. It's easy to be a cheerleader when you find something that actually works for you, and doesn't require you to jump through too many counter-intuitive hoops.
Thanks again to all for your comments.