Software Packages for Finite Element Analysis
Your all-in-one FEM solutions for consistent and efficient civil engineering
The SOFiSTiK FEM packages are customized solutions that build upon the proven SOFiSTiK finite element technology for structural analysis according to the finite element method. Based on an open system architecture, the powerful FE programs offer seamless workflows for all needs of modern civil engineering. The application area of the finite element solutions ranges from simple 2D slab design to 3D building and bridge design, from open, native and integrated BIM to big and small BIM.
All FEM packages include suitable code check modules for Eurocodes and many other standards, as well as complete and interactive post-processing and high-performance 64-bit solvers. Versatile input options, from parametric input via the AutoCAD® add-on SOFiPLUS to BIM planning with Autodesk® Revit®, round off the FEM packages and provide civil engineers with the appropriate tools to successfully implement construction projects of any scale.
This is what our finite element analysis software offers you
Safety - Quality
- Time- and field-tested FEM software "Made in Germany"
- Sophisticated, high-quality solutions designed to meet the challenges of your everyday professional life
- Developed by experts for experts
Cost-effectiveness - Efficiency
- Maximum utilization through shared access to calculation modules
- Short calculation times thanks to high-performance solver
- Time and cost savings thanks to consistent parameterization for efficient calculation and optimum design
- Workflow based on state-of-the-art database technology from pre-processing to post-processing
Openness - Adaptivity
- Integration instead of system change: thanks to open interfaces SOFiSTiK can be integrated into existing workflows / system landscapes
- SOFiSTiK can be applied for a wide variety of engineering tasks: applicable for different types of buildings, bridges, membrane structures etc.
Our packages for finite element analysis
We offer flexible license models for the SOFiSTiK FEM packages, including purchase, subscription and single-/multi-user licenses. Calculation modules can be shared by multiple users for efficient use. Thanks to our modular software concept, additional modules for more specialized applications may be added as needed, such as for: Earthquake, dynamic loads, soil-structure interaction, multicore and more.
The structural analysis FEM packages at a glance
Analytical Model Generator*
Automatic Generation & Revision of the Analytical Model in Revit
Modelling with AutoCAD & Revit
Import/Export of calculation model (IFC and SAF)
Linear Analysis
3D FE Beam-, shell-, slab- and membrane elements
3D R/C design in ULS and SLS
(BS EN 1992-1-1/NA:2005, US ACI-318-14 among others)
Material non-linearities for 2D slab-elements acc.
to Eurocode for realistic deflections and most economic design
Steel design acc. to Eurocode
(EE, EP for sectional classes 1-3)
Member Design
for e.g. columns, steel columns (incl. stability checks)
Predesign for shear walls and building cores
Graphically interactive plot and table generation
Output also to .docx and Excel export
Nonlinear beam elements & supports
with compression-only bedding for slabs
Construction Stage Simulation
Second-order Analysis
Volume elements
Linear Analysis
Construction stages & time-dependent effects
for hybrid systems and cross-sectional stages
Third-order Analysis
for cable elements and buckling analysis
Pre- and post-tensioning for beam- & shell-elements
ULS and SLS design
and stress checks for composite- and post-tensioned sections
Parametrical graphical modeling
CABD Technologie (Computer Aided Bridge Design)
Intelligent Traffic Loads
Influence line evaluation and traffic load library (Road and Railway)
3D FEM PROFESSIONAL
3D FEM
PREMIUM
3D FEM ULTIMATE/50**
* More information about the Analytical Model Generator can be found here.
** Ultimate 50 comprises all features from the 3D FEM ultimate package with the limitation to a maximum project size of 50m x 50m x 20m.
Case Studies
Thu Thiem 2
- Project : Thu Thiem 2 Bridge, Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam
- Client : WSP Finland
- Contractor : Freyssinet cie
- Scope of works : Precamber analysis (fabrication shape), Geometry/Erection control
BR7 – Bridge
- Project :BR7 – Bridge, Beer Sheva – Israel
- Client : Shoval Yehudai Engineers Ltd, Tel Aviv – Israel / SOFiSTiK M-E
- Scope of works : Form Finding for Suspension bridge, Staged Construction analysis
Kruunuvuori Bridge
- Project : Kruunuvuoren Ssilta / Kruunuvuori Bridge, Helsinki, Finland
- Scope of works : Pylon Design, analysis and detailing
- Client WSP
Radioportti underpass
- Project : Radioportti underpass
- Scope of works : Concept design check and parametrization
- Client: Sitowise Ltd
Proof of Concept
- Project: Roundabout project in Hanoi
- Client: TRICC
- Scope of work: Modeling & Analysis
