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’Consteel is a great asset for Arambol Ingeniería S.L. Thanks to its workflow we can design, calculate and present a project in record time. The program is very intuitive and easy to use. Technically, the seventh degree of freedom is an enormously useful tool to check structures with the general method, and even obtain reliable results thanks to the use of buckling shapes together with the imperfections to obtain utilization ratios that, physically, are more realistic than the reduction coefficients. Consteel has very specialized features such as the shear field or the frame corner wizard that add an extra degree of professionalism to the calculation, which translates into greater efficiency in the use of steel and, therefore, money.’

’The Alba Arena project highlighted the extraordinary potential of the Consteel software and Pangolin. It is a pioneering technology that enables the parametric design of complex geometry and large-scale structures through the Grasshopper system. The Pangolin award is an exceptional recognition for me and the bim.GROUP, as it is a positive feedback on the quality of our work and an opportunity to showcase our expertise on an international level.’ said Dávid Lewandowski, Steel Structure Designer, regarding the award.’

’Consteel’s technical support team is very professional. Especially Mr. Balint Vaszilievits-Sömjén, he has been a great help to us! We were impressed by his professionalism and dedication. We are satisfied with the use of Consteel, which has proven its worth in our international projects.’

’I started using the Consteel design software during my university studies, when it was Consteel version 6. Even then I was impressed by the simplicity, transparency, and speed of the program. Since then, I have had the pleasure of designing many structures with the program, from small to large: industrial halls, office buildings, large opening roof structures, staircases, flying garages, pipe bridges, canopies, secondary closure elements, or the transmission line poles on which my doctoral thesis was based.

The bottom line is that it allows a structural engineer to model any structure in 3D in a structurally correct way, yet quickly and with a low risk of error. The most complex geometric type includes, for example, a lattice structure, where stability loss shapes can be efficiently calculated and sections optimised. One of my favourite features is the interpretability of the results, and the fact that the program receives significant updates year after year, which is the most user-oriented.’

’From the very beginning, I really like Consteel because it can be used to perform global steel structure tests in a complex and compact way, efficiently. In addition, the software integrates well with automated parameter-driven design algorithms – so I can heartily recommend it.’

’For those of us who are passionate about steel structures, Consteel offers a different way of dealing with structural analysis. It helps us to effectively observe how a structure behaves from an instability point of view, which I have not seen in other software. Interoperability with IDEA and Tekla are also important for us as users of both software. The program has an intuitive and simple interface, arranged according to a logical workflow, something I personally appreciate. The eternal discussions about whether the purlins provide us with stability to the scaffolding and how they affect its behaviour have now been finally clarified.’

’At Indus, we calculate steel structures with Consteel because it is a very powerful calculation program with which we can analyze in depth different types of buckling and instabilities, one of the most limiting problems for steel structures. In addition, with its connection to IdeaStatica, we can directly calculate the connections and see the behavior of the node and its stiffness. On the other hand, the connection with Tekla facilitates the modeling and the workflow with the rest of our colleagues.’

’Consteel is a unique tool for analyzing the stability of the steel structures built of bars. The functionalities implemented in the software are thoughtful tools for comprehensive, practical analysis in engineering calculations. The seventh degree of freedom allows you to solve tasks that were practically impossible to do or estimated in non-standard analyses with the very big possibility of making a gross mistake. Imperfect analysis based on buckling modes is invaluable and priceless. The software copes with large tasks, both in terms of speed and most importantly for the practicing engineer the opportunity to work on huge results (we worked on 6GB up to now) – the only limitation is RAM, which is not a problem nowadays.

The approach of the Consteel team to software development also deserves praise, which shows a well-thought-out path of software development in terms of suitability for practical applications (and not only in terms of changing the graphic interface as is the case in other developers).
We recommend Consteel to all experienced engineers.’

’Our experience is very positive. The software has a friendly interface and offers a quick calculation process. The automatic wind and snow load wizards help significantly during the load definition. The use of the General Method for the global stability verification of the structures allows us to handle complex structures with complete confidence. The implementation of the structural analysis using beams with 7 degrees of freedom, the visualization of the buckling modes for each load combination, as well as the calculated critical buckling multipliers, provide valuable information for the structural design engineer. An essential tool for structural design engineers of metal structures.’

’Tecro is a company dedicated to the manufacture and sale of kit mezzanines, mainly using cold-formed profiles. In the technical department, we made the design and calculation of the structure using traditional matrix calculation software and spreadsheets to perform the specific checks of the regulations. We have incorporated Consteel for its characteristics in the global analysis of the structure and for the tools it incorporates for class 4 thin plate profiles.’