Steel Design
The Steel Design module in FEM-Design allows you to design and check steel , columns, beams and truss members.
The fast auto-design helps you find the most suitable cross-sections. All section shapes and classes, including class 4 profiles, can be checked for all relevant effects (for example all types of buckling and stability) and for utilisation.

Perform manual or auto-design calculations to find the most suitable steel bar cross-sections. Run a check to verify, or design steel structures for fire effect. Thickness optimisation can be done for bars modelled with 3D shell components.
Watch the Steel Design Module Overview Video
Steel Design Module Features
Manual and auto design to find the most suitable steel bar profiles according to Eurocode 3
Utilisation check of all section shapes and classes including class 4 profiles
Stability checks, shear buckling and inspection of web stiffeners
Automatic calculation of buckling coefficient used to define structural stiffness
Check for fire effect and design of fire protection
Ability to calculate and design structure nonlinearly with initial curvatures
Applied detailed steel joints can be considered in global 3D model analysis and design
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Calculations performed according to: –
EuroCode
Belgian National Annex
British National Annex
Danish National Annex
Dutch National Annex
Estonian National Annex
Finnish National Annex
German National Annex
Hungarian National Annex
Latvian National Annex
Norwegian National Annex
Polish National Annex
Romanian National Annex
Spanish National Annex
Swedish National Annex
Turkish Seismic Code
Languages supported: –
English
French
Dutch
Hungarian
Polish
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