Tedds Vs. Enercalc

• May 14, 2015

• #2

CBEngi

Structural

Aug 28, 2014

52

Tedds has a free trial version, or use too. I used the trial version for a while and found that it was okay. We used it mostly for concrete anchor design and I found it overly conservative. The report printing was very well done though.

 

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• May 14, 2015

• #3

SteelPE

Structural

Mar 9, 2006

2,759

Does anyone know what the costs are associated with Tedds as compared to Enercalc?

 

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• May 14, 2015

• #4

JedClampett

Structural

Aug 13, 2002

4,031

As far as comparison, we used to use Enercalc, now we used TEDDS. Figure that out for yourself. I've been designing concrete for dang near 40 years and TEDDS finds things I never knew were in the code.
As far as costs, I'm almost positive that unless there's a single user license, TEDDS will cost more. But the presentation and assistance is well worth it.

 

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• May 14, 2015

• #5

SteelPE

Structural

Mar 9, 2006

2,759

Probably why everyone uses Enercalc. I know a single user license costs about $2,200 for Enercalc and I thought that was a bit steep. So it Enercalc is the more economical solution I can just imagine.

 

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• May 15, 2015

• #6

sandman21

Structural

Aug 4, 2006

689

Tedds will cost more, the upfront cost makes it hurt to switch, year to year they are close. i would love to change and no longer use Enercalc

 

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• May 15, 2015

• Thread starter
• #7

hawkaz

Structural

Oct 28, 2010

415

Thanks for the input.

I am going to install the demo version of Tedds and give it a try. I will post how it goes

 

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• May 16, 2015

• #8

Guastavino

Structural

Jan 29, 2014

381

Hawkaz

Contact your local TEKLA dealer (TEKLA owns tedds). At the end of this month they are dropping their light version of TEDDS for the TEDDS for word. You might be able to get a really good deal (Like half price). But do it fast, like before May 29th I think.

 

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• May 16, 2015

• #9

Brad805

Structural

Oct 26, 2010

1,518

The Tedd's with word is far more versatile if you want to group multiple calc sheets or create your own sheets. You can use the word embed option to embed existing excel sheets as well. I suspect the reason they are dropping the light version is because 75% of their customers buy the version with word.

 

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