AS 4100 Design Software

Australian Structural Steel Design to AS 4100, Integrated with Structural 3D

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AS 4100 Design Software

SkyCiv offers steel member design software for AS 4100:1998 and AS 4100:2020, supporting the latest AS 4100 design requirements for Australian steel structures. Design members using the standalone AS 4100 design tools or integrate member design directly with SkyCiv Structural 3D for a complete analysis and design workflow.

SkyCiv AS 4100 design includes:

  • Support for AS 4100:1998 and AS 4100:2020
  • Australian steel sections including UBs, UCs, Channels, Rectangular Hollow and Circular Hollow sections
  • Moment, axial, bending and shear capacity checks and design ratios
  • Combined actions, buckling, slenderness and deflection capacity checks
  • Detailed PDF design reports with step-by-step calculations
  • View member capacity and utilisation results directly within Structural 3D (Integrated Version)
  • Import and apply multiple load combinations in accordance with AS 1170 (Integrated Version)
  • AS 4100 calculations verified against third-party results
  • Integrated AS 4100 member design available with SkyCiv Professional and SkyCiv Business

WHY ENGINEERS SWITCH

Structural analysis software that runs the full workflow

Easy and powerful FEA analysis

Run linear, non-linear, buckling and dynamic analysis within a single solver. No separate modules for complex analysis types.

Integrated design checks

Steel, concrete, timber and cold-formed design modules run directly on your analysis results. No exporting, re-entry or version mismatches.

Detailed calculation reports

Every formula, design check and
reference is shown in full, so you can defend every number, not just the result.

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What AS 4100 Design Software offers

A full-featured online structural analysis software, including beams, plates and cables

Standalone version: fast & reliable calculations

SkyCiv’s standalone AS 4100 structural design software allows users to manually input members, loads, materials and sections to produce a clean, professional PDF report. It is free to use and also comes with a number of other free structural analysis software to help you get the job done.

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Fully integrated with SkyCiv Structural 3D analysis software

To make the job easier, SkyCiv has powerful Structural Analysis software that is completely integrated with AS 4100. Build your model, import AS 1170 load combinations, run the analysis and with a click of a button run an Australian design checks. Work quickly and easily by having your analysis and design completely integrated in one workflow.

Full design calculation reporting

See all the calculations with SkyCiv’s clear step-by-step PDF reporting. No more guessing what the software is doing, have all the AS 4100 calculations, assumptions and design criteria clearly labeled so that you have full transparency in what you’re designing.

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No installation needed. Access immediately from your web browser.

SkyCiv is run 100% online. This means you’ll never have to download, install or maintain your software. It is fully functional on Mac, PC, and even mobile tablets! No more license keys, no more version issues and no more update – just clean, easy and powerful software. Get started on your Eurocode 3 design in just 30 seconds.

AS 4100 Base Plate + Connection design

Steel checks go beyond beams, columns and even into your base plates and connections. Included in your Professional Account, users can model and design their connections and base plates.

Learn more in our Base Plate Software and Connection Design Software pages.

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Import Files with Ease

Bring in your existing work without disruption. SkyCiv S3D supports a wide range of file formats, including DXF, IFC, and Revit, so your team can pick up right where it left off.

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When issues arise, our qualified engineers will quickly help you resolve them, keeping your projects on track without delays or downtime.

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With unlimited cloud storage, your entire team can access and manage files from anywhere. It’s secure, centralized, and built for real-time collaboration.

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Plus an open API to build your own custom solutions

testimonials

Trusted by thousands

The ease of use and the presentation of the results are both awesome. I have had ongoing interaction with the support team and everyone is excellent.

Mitch Frumkin

Mitch Frumkin

CEO OF KIPCON

It is used for various civil and mechanical engineering courses and the students love it. We are happy with the continuous updates to SkyCiv as well, highly recommended.

Mitch Frumkin

Dr Kenneth R. Leitch

Assoc. Prof. at Texas A&M

It was easily the most intuitive package available to learn; it is particularly easy to build the 3D model and define nodes, members, supports, materials, sections, then apply loads & combinations.

Mitch Frumkin

Stuart Agars

Managing Director of Struct-Sure Limited

SkyCiv has been a great tool to help efficiently and clearly document and update design results for a member of a small company with multiple responsibilities.

Mitch Frumkin

Lydia Fahrenkrug

Engineer at MT Solar

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