Intuitive

Within the BuildSoft ConCrete design software for reinforced concrete beam analysis, your designs couldn't be easier to set up: just define model geometry, cross-sections, (elastic) supports and loads interactively within ConCrete's user - friendly environment.

Through a few mouse clicks, you can easily change any design parameter. Instantly, all related analysis results (from internal forces up to reinforcement diagrams) will be updated automatically - maintaining full associativity between analysis data and results. 

Powerful

ConCrete performs organic design calculations based on the behaviour of structural members in ultimate and serviceability limit states. All of this complies with Eurocode 2 and a wide range of national standards.

ConCrete instantly provides you with deformations (considering the effects of cracks and creep), internal forces, reinforcement requirements, ... and presents all of this in clear graphs. Results of design verifications are translated into reinforcement plans and cutting lists.

Complete

The ConCrete design software provides you with a complete solution - standard. It offers you structural and loads modeling capabilities, static analysis, limit state design verification and the creation of reinforcement plans and cutting lists.

• Extremely attractive and comfortable user interface with floating toolbars, project navigation tree and interactive windows for definition of geometry, boundary conditions and loads.
• Automated creation of loads combinations according to EC1.
• Static analysis of reinforced concrete beams, floor plates, ground beams, rafts and columns.
• Evaluation of longitudinal and transverse reinforcement requirements - according to EC2 and national standards. Evaluation of minimal and optimal cross-sectional dimensions.
• Evaluation of cracked deformation based on required and/or actual reinforcement quantities, with allowance for the effects of creep.
• Evaluation of minimum requirements on longitudinal reinforcement in view of allowable crack width.
• Automatic update of all analysis results upon the change of any design parameter.
• Automated creation of design analysis report.
• User-definable reinforcement parameters: bar diameter, number of bars per layer, elimination priority, ...
• Automated translation of required reinforcement quantities into a practical reinforcement design. Evaluation of reinforcement bar length considering translation of moment diagram and anchorage length requirements.
• Continuous or discontinuous reinforcement bars at support points. Straight or curved reinforcement anchors. Continuous or discontinuous reinforcement anchors.
• Verification of cracked deformations and crack width based on actual reinforcement quantities.
• Extensive number of annotation options.
• Automated creation of cutting list from reinforcement plan.
• Export of reinforcement plan to CAD software for concrete design (through DXF or proprietary formats).