Relative Comparison of Analysis programs

thaidavid · Dec 5, 2001

Our company is considering purchasing a new, general- purpose, structural analysis program. We do mainly industrial and commercial buildings, foundations, slabs, platforms, mezzanines, etc. The company I previously worked for used "Visual Analysis." Our experiences with it were good; however, I have tried the demo versions of several others, and would be interested in soliciting other engineers' opinions as to their favorites. This software is so expensive that it pays to survey the field to see what opinions others have concerning applicability, adaptability, and ease of use of these programs.

Kevinkdb · Dec 5, 2001

I have been doing a lot of surfing over the last few days, looking at the offerings. I found a site for comparison of 6 major programs, although maybe outdated, at

http://www.modernsteel.com/msc/9701_04_software.pdf

Also, the results of a survey of users, again a little old, at

http://www.modernsteel.com/msc/9801_03_softwaresurvey.pdf

I have not found any surveys for slab design yet, and I am very interested in the comments your request will generate here.

JAE · Dec 5, 2001

This question keeps coming up on a number of threads. I feel like a cheerleader for them, but RISA-2D and RISA-3D have performed well for us.

http://www.risatech.com

LPPE · Dec 5, 2001

I'm partial to RAM Frame and RAM Advanse.

thaidavid · Dec 11, 2001

Thanks,
Kevinkdb, JAE, and pylko. It's easy to be a cheerleader when you find something that actually works for you, and doesn't require you to jump through too many counter-intuitive hoops.
Thanks again to all for your comments.

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