Steel Design Module

Design or check individual steel members such as beams, columns, braces, and truss chords

Module Description

Essential tool for any engineer who checks or designs individual steel members such as single or multi-span beams, columns, braces, truss chords, etc. Inputs can be entered in less than 5 minutes and without complex models.

Design or check reports list every computation performed, including the formula used, the computed value and location of the provisions in the AISC manual.

Report options also include Summary Reports that can limit the output to a single page.

Technical Specifications

  • Delivers fast, reliable design checks for beams and beam‑columns, covering strong‑axis bending, shear, axial forces, biaxial moments, deflection, and dimensional limits.
  • Supports a full range of AISC codes — 14th Edition ASD/LRFD, 13th Edition ASD/LRFD, plus legacy editions — giving engineers flexibility across jurisdictions and project types.
  • Includes the AISC 14th Edition section database with an improved optimization engine that no longer requires width inputs for tubes and angles.
  • Handles real‑world behavior with separate top and bottom flange bracing, live‑load patterning, seismic load cases, and ASCE 7‑05 automatic load combinations.
  • Accepts extensive loading: up to 40 loads for beams and 48 loads for beam‑columns, including concentrated forces, linear loads, axial loads, and end moments about either axis.
  • Designs multi‑span members with up to 18 spans and flexible end conditions — pinned, fixed, or cantilever.
  • Produces exceptionally detailed calculation reports, showing every AISC equation used, the substituted values, and the resulting checks.
  • Generates clean shear, moment, and deflection diagrams plus polished RTF reports..
  • Keeps workflows simple with US‑unit input/output.