Modeling
Frames, Trusses, Grids, Beams, Tanks…
Beam or Truss Members, Plate/Shell Elements
Elastic Spring Supports
Auto-meshed Areas (for easy wall or slab modeling)**
Tension-only/Compression-only members or spring-supports
Cartesian, Polar, Cylindrical or Spherical Coordinates
No built-in size limit (20,000+ nodes are practical)
Typical Manufactured Shapes: Steel, Wood, Aluminum, Cold-formed
Parametric, Custom or Shapes imported from ShapeBuilder
Just about any Material, Libraries included, Customizable!
CAD-style selection box
Generate linear copies
Simple, Rigid, Semi-Rigid** Connections
Catenary Cable Elements**
Many Ways to Construct Models:
Sketch models graphically
Copy & Paste existing objects
Import/Export .DXF files
Import from Spreadsheet/Clipboard
Legacy or Interchange .STD files (basic model & loading)
Customizable parametric generation
Loading
Automatic Load Cases & Load Combinations
Updated! Built-in Support for IBC 2012, IBC 2010, ASCE7-10, etc. Combinations
Customizable Load Combinations.
Semi-Automatic ASCE 7 Wind Loads (Method 2)
Ice + Wind pressure on Members (e.g. open towers)
AASHTO Load Sources (optional)
Copy Multiple Loads from Member to Member
Import Loads from a Spreadsheet/Clipboard
Static Loads: Concentrated, Distributed, Pressure, Thermal, etc.
Area Loads (keeps model and loads separated so changes are easy!)
Area Edge Loads (in or out of plane)
Dynamic Response Spectra, IBC & Customizable
Dynamic Forcing Function, Time HIstory analysis**
Moving Loads** (limited, e.g. crane beams, single load-line)
Automatic live-load pattern load combinations**
Import Load Combinations**
Analysis & Results
Static Analysis (1st order, P-Delta, Iterated)
AISC Direct Analysis (notional loads, stiffness reduction)**
Dynamic Analysis (Sparse Lanzcos, Newmark)
Superposition Results and Envelopes**
Member Internal Forces, Displacements, Diagrams
Plate Forces, Stress, Contour Diagrams,
Edge Results
Automatic Mesh Refinement with Auto-Meshed Areas**
Nodal Reactions, Displacements
Graphical Results Viewing
Sophisticated, Customizable Text Reports
Spreadsheet report, and save directly Excel XLS**
Design Checks & Building Codes*
Smart and flexible setup: bracing, deflection checks, size constraints
Updated! Steel 360-10 Design for frame and truss members (AISC, CISC)*
Updated! Concrete ACI 318-11 Design of Beams, Columns, Flat Slabs (ACI)*
Updated! Wood NDS 2012 Design for frame and truss members (NDS)*
Updated! Aluminum ADM 2010 Design for frame and truss members (ADM)*
Updated! Cold-Formed NAS 2012 Design for frame and truss members (NAS)*
RSG Software\’s CFS is used internally to perform these checks
Visual bracing locations
Steel seismic compactness checks
Stress & Deflection Checks (code agnostic, any material)**
Integrated Steel Connection Design** via VAConnect
Steel warping torsion checks**
Override intermediate values or parameters (e.g. Cb, Fy, wood C factors…)**
Moving Loads and Dynamic results are now checked**
System Requirements
Windows XP, Vista, 7.0, or 8.0. Both 32-bit and 64-bit. (VA is a 32-bit program)
Any modern CPU: faster is better.
1 GB RAM, minimum
1024×768 minimum recommended display resolution
Recommended: A high-quality graphics card, 128+ MB RAM, OpenGL 2.1+ support, with an updated driver! Update and then set your video card to \’Highest Quality\’ mode.
Wheel-mouse. (3-buttons)
~50 MB disk space for programs, program data, utilities and libraries
Typical project files range from 1K to 1MB
Internet connection required for documentation
Not supported: Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT, Virtual PC (limited graphics)
Not supported: Linux, Unix, Apple iOS. (Emulators may work, but we don\’t support)
Product:IES.VisualAnalysis.v11.00.0008
Lanaguage:english
Platform:Win7/WIN8
Size: 1.4 GB