StatiCAD Features

Easy-to-use advanced graphical interface

Use timber, masonry and reinforced-concrete elements together in the same project

Whole-building analysis in a single step, with all calculation reports in one file

StatiCAD frame finite-element results are very close to SAP2000 frame finite-element results. For the verification calculation, please click here.

Orthogonal or non-orthogonal buildings (corners at right angles or any other angles)

Half-basement and/or stepped-structure analysis

Equivalent earthquake load or modal analysis options for seismic-force determination

Classical analysis with element stiffnesses and rigid-diaphragm modal analysis

Modal analysis with finite-element matrices - rigid-diaphragm or diaphragm-free

Shell finite-element solution for walls and shear walls

Raft foundation reinforcement and soil-stress calculation

Continuous-footing and under-wall footing options for continuous-footing analysis

Soil-structure interactive solution

Foundation reinforcement design, opening drawings and reports in soil-structure interactive analysis

Rectangular and polygon column calculations

Definition and consideration of a rigid basement storey in the analysis

Accurate vertical-load determination from slabs to walls / shear walls / beams / columns using the sand-heap analogy or shell finite elements

Finite-element analysis with rigid diaphragm or diaphragm-free (semi-rigid, considering shell stiffness)

Effective section stiffnesses for G and Q loadings in seismic load combinations

AutoCAD-like advanced drawing editor for editing drawings; export the program-drawn project to DXF

Import an architectural project in DXF and automatically convert architectural lines to axes, walls, beams, foundations, doors, windows and vertical tie-columns

Import a project in image format into the drawing editor, trace over it with lines, and automatically convert the lines to axes, walls, beams, foundations, doors, windows and vertical tie-columns

Export the project to SAP2000 with all features and loadings, run SAP2000 analysis automatically, retrieve results automatically and produce design reports from SAP2000 results

Restrict desired degrees of freedom in modal analysis with finite-element matrices

Vertical irregularities in the finite-element model resolved by link elements placed automatically by the program

With vertical irregularities, slab load transfer can be performed by slabs (shell finite elements) using an irregular triangular / quadrilateral mesh

Consider the vertical earthquake effect in load combinations

Add a background image on the modelling screen (display, scale and pan a scanned project)

Column / vertical tie-column design and existing-section verification with SAP2000 integration, including reports

Column or vertical tie-column layout plan and vertical longitudinal elevation drawings

Uniaxial analysis option in major and minor directions for rectangular column reinforcement

Beam reinforcement design, opening drawings and reports

Biaxial iterative analytical solution option for rectangular column reinforcement

Frame finite-element stiffness-matrix options: shear+bending in wall elements (bending only in others); shear+bending in all elements; bending only in all elements

Çakiroglu-Özer approach option for rectangular column reinforcement

Polygon section definition with or without holes by giving corner points; parametric and quick definition of L, T, O, I sections; section parameters (Xg, Yg, area, I2, I3, I23) computed automatically

Assign defined polygon sections to columns / vertical tie-columns, beams and foundations

Define timber, steel, reinforced concrete, concrete, masonry and other materials and properties for vertical tie-columns, walls, beams and foundations - selectable from the built-in library

Use the elasticity moduli, unit weights, moments of inertia, areas, shear strengths and compressive strengths of defined polygon sections in analysis

Reinforcement assignment via biaxial analysis for polygon columns

Reinforcement-diameter determination via user-defined or program-automatic layout for polygon and rectangular columns

Display 3D image of the building and storey plans in calculation reports

Automatic irregularity checks

and more...

 

Create and edit the model in natural language (by typing or speaking)

Give voice commands and have responses read aloud

Draw walls, columns, beams, slabs, axes, doors, windows and foundation elements by command

Have the assistant run analysis, switch 2D/3D views and perform import/export

Upload and evaluate files and images; multilingual responses (TR/EN)

Terminal automation with tools such as Claude Code / Codex

(The AI Assistant is available in the Hybrid and Ultimate versions. The resulting model and results must be reviewed by the responsible engineer.)

 

Export the project to IFC (IFC2x3) (compatible with Revit/ArchiCAD/Tekla/Allplan/SAP2000)

Import physical IFC models

Import SAP2000 structural models (frame → column/beam, surface → wall/slab/shell)

Automatically convert unit (m/cm) and character differences in the background

(BIM/IFC features are available in the Hybrid and Ultimate versions; in the demo, import is enabled and export is disabled.)

 

Project error-check report

Automatic irregularity checks

Calculation and limitation of effective relative storey drifts report

Second-order effects report

Column lateral-drift criterion (for slenderness check - TS500) report

Column longitudinal reinforcement report

TBDY2018 column axial-force check report

TS500 column axial-force check report

Column transverse reinforcement report

Column slenderness-effect report

Strong-column report

Column-beam joint shear safety report

Shear-wall areas check (Sec. 7.6.1.3) report

Shear-wall design bending moments (Sec. 7.6.6.1) report

Shear-wall longitudinal reinforcement report

Shear-wall shear safety (Sec. 7.6.7) report

Shear-wall axial-force check report

Shear-wall overturning-moment check report

Building overturning-moment check report

Beam transverse reinforcement report

Beam longitudinal reinforcement report

Beam torsion and web reinforcement report

Shear wall / wall upper-end and lower-end section forces report (shell or frame elements)

Column upper-end / lower-end section forces report

Raft foundation / slab / shear-wall / wall shell finite-element results report

Beam section-forces report

Assign defined polygon sections to columns / vertical tie-columns, beams and foundations

Define timber, steel, reinforced concrete, concrete, masonry and other materials and properties - selectable from the built-in library

Use the elasticity moduli, unit weights, moments of inertia, areas, shear strengths and compressive strengths of defined polygon sections in analysis

Reinforcement assignment via biaxial analysis for polygon columns

Reinforcement-diameter determination via user-defined or program-automatic layout for polygon and rectangular columns

Display 3D image of the building and storey plans in calculation reports

Automatic irregularity checks

and more...

 

Timber building analyses compatible with the 2018 earthquake code and the Principles for the Design, Calculation and Construction of Timber Buildings (ABTHYE), published in Official Gazette No. 32499 on 24/03/2024.

Insufficient elements shown in the 3D view for quick selection and editing. For details, see here.

Parametric or manual creation of the frame members inside timber shear walls and slabs, with the required checks for each member

Per ABTHYE strength-based design: tensile stress check parallel to grain, limit-state check under bending, lateral buckling limit state, compressive stress check parallel to grain, shear stress check parallel to grain, rolling shear stress check, torsion-moment effect, combined effects (bending moment and axial forces)

Compression check perpendicular to grain, with moisture and size factors taken into account

Timber elements can be defined within a timber structural system as well as within other structural systems (masonry or reinforced concrete)

Cross-section and deflection checks of beams per the principles of TS 647

Display 3D image of the building and storey plans in calculation reports

Automatic irregularity checks

and more...

 

Optional consideration of vertical tie-columns' contribution to seismic behaviour

Optional consideration of vertical tie-columns' contribution to wall strength

Strengthened/unstrengthened calculation reports and performance reports produced from a single project file

Strengthening jackets' contribution to wall compression capacity can be considered

Custom stiffness factor per wall

Separately user-adjustable load factors for compression and shear stress checks

Calculation based on the masonry model prescribed by the 2018 earthquake code and the 2019 risky-building code (instead of reinforced-concrete analogies)

Compression and shear safety stress checks on walls

Different material properties per wall; values taken automatically from earthquake-code tables, or experimental values entered

With StatiCAD, any masonry-wall material - defined in the code or not - can be analysed under the earthquake code by entering its parameters.

Jacket reinforcement design in strengthening

Strengthening drawings (jacket drawing in wall section, steel mesh and anchor details)

Inter-storey load transfer independent of axes and node points in classical analysis

Vertical irregularities resolved with link elements even in the finite-element model

Reinforced masonry wall design and drawings per TBDY2018 principles

Vertical tie-column layout plan and vertical longitudinal elevation drawings

FRP-wrap strengthening design and reports for walls

Beam reinforcement design, opening drawings and reports

Reinforced panel wall design and reports per TBDY2018

Risky-building analysis option allowing buildings with more than one half-basement, by entering the number of half basements

Analysis taking wall damage state into account in masonry buildings

Selectable analysis per TBDY2018, RYTEi 2019, DBYBHY 2007, RBTE 2013 or Eurocode

Selectable report generation from analysis results (beam / tie-beam loads, wall loads, slab calculations, storey seismic loads, shear and mass-centre summary, shear-centre and mass-centre coordinates, foundation calculations, wall shear forces, wall vertical-stress checks, wall shear-stress checks, vertical tie-column stress checks, existing-building seismic performance, strengthened-state shear capacity checks)

All parameters used in modelling are printed in the pre-analysis report, and all calculations prescribed by the earthquake code or risky-building code are printed in the post-analysis report.

 

Drawings include foundation layout plan, continuous footing elevations, column layout plan, column vertical elevations, shear-wall vertical elevations, formwork plan, beam openings, reinforced masonry wall drawings for masonry buildings, strengthening jacket and wall sections for masonry buildings, strengthening jacket and wall views for masonry buildings, and FRP-wrap drawings for masonry walls.