Best Connection Design Software
Best Connection Design Software
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Hello,
I am a mechanical engineer but I frequently use the AISC codes and design guides when designing frames and structures and in particular connections. I typically will automate a calculation in mathcad or excel which is extremely time consuming. I realize there is commercial software that accomplish this objective.
I have been using a trial of RISA Connection but it seems very limited. It is lacking common connections (like vertical brace to column baseplate) and it is somewhat dumb --it can't recognize simple variations on the basic connections or when coping a beam would make the connection work.
What other alternatives are there for connection design software?
I am a mechanical engineer but I frequently use the AISC codes and design guides when designing frames and structures and in particular connections. I typically will automate a calculation in mathcad or excel which is extremely time consuming. I realize there is commercial software that accomplish this objective.
I have been using a trial of RISA Connection but it seems very limited. It is lacking common connections (like vertical brace to column baseplate) and it is somewhat dumb --it can't recognize simple variations on the basic connections or when coping a beam would make the connection work.
What other alternatives are there for connection design software?






RE: Best Connection Design Software
SDS/2
But expensive...
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RE: Best Connection Design Software
I think the best steel connection analysis I've used is Descon.
RE: Best Connection Design Software
RE: Best Connection Design Software
- Bentley Limcon
- Bentley Ram Connection
- csJoint
- PowerConnect
- Prokon
- SCS
- C.S.E. Castalia
- IDEA StatiCa Connection
The full versions of the last two allow you to establish any geometry for the connections.
RE: Best Connection Design Software
RE: Best Connection Design Software
"It is imperative Cunth doesn't get his hands on those codes."