IES VisualAnalysis 11.00.0008

What will VisualAnalysis do for You?

· Model: just about anything
· Load: Point, linear, area, thermal, dynamic...
· Analyze: reactions, displacements, forces and stresses
· Design steel, concrete, wood, cold-formed, and aluminum
· Report: Excellent graphics and text reporting features
· Succeed! Easy to learn & use, Fantastic free resources & support.



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**

And more . . . .

VisualAnalysis 11.0 Improvements

· IBC 2012 Load Combinations
· Steel Design per AISC 360-10 (14th Ed.)
· Wood Design per NDS 2012
· Concrete Design per ACI 318-11
· Cold-formed steel design per NAS 2012 (CFS 8.0)
· Rotate Views about a selected node or member
· Easier Node-Dragging/Member Extension in "Draw Nothing" mode
· Auto-Mesh by Area for more fine-grained control


System Requirements

· Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. Both 32-bit and 64-bit. (VA is a 32-bit program)
· Any modern CPU: faster is better.
· 1 GB RAM, minimum
· 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)