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• SkyCiv Beam
  • Building Your Model
  • Adding a Section
  • Interpreting Results
  • 3D Renderer (Beam)
  • Hand Calculations
  • Exporting Your Results (Output)
• SkyCiv Structural 3D
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction to Structural 3D
    • Settings
    • Demo Video
    • Keyboard and Mouse Controls
    • Importing and Exporting
  • Modelling
    • Nodes
    • Members
    • Relative Members
    • Assembly Templates
    • Sections
    • Materials
    • Supports
    • Plates
    • Meshing Your Plate
    • Datasheets
    • Grids, Pen tool and Snapping
    • Operations
    • 3D Renderer
  • Members
    • Members
    • Normal vs Continuous Members
    • Offsetting Members
    • Member End Fixities (Connectivity)
    • Cables
    • Curved and Spiral Members
    • Open Web Steel Joists (SJI)
  • Applying Loads
    • Point Loads
    • Distributed Loads (DL’s)
    • Moments
    • Area & Wind Loads
    • Integrated Load Generator with Structural 3D
    • Pressures
    • Self Weight
    • Load Groups
    • Load Combinations
  • Solving
    • Repair Model
    • Linear Static Analysis
    • Linear Static and Buckling Analysis
    • Non-Linear Static & P-Delta Analysis
    • Dynamic Frequency Analysis
    • Response Spectrum Analysis
    • List of Errors
    • Troubleshooting your Model
  • Design
    • Member Design
    • RC Design
    • Connection Design
    • Wind Design
  • Post Processing
    • Sign Conventions
    • Reaction Results in S3D
    • Shear, Moment, Torsion and Axial
    • Displacement/Deflection Results in S3D
    • Stress
    • Plate Analysis Results
    • Buckling
    • 3D Renderer Results
    • Single Member Analysis
    • Truss Hand Calculations
  • Reporting
    • Analysis Report and Bill of Materials
    • Single Member Reports
    • User Defined Screenshots
    • Nodal Results
    • Member Results
    • Plate Results
• SkyCiv Section Builder
  • Getting Started
    • Adding Shapes
    • Changing Dimensions
    • Section Properties and Submitting
    • Tools
    • Saving and Loading Sections
    • Integrating with other Software
  • Operations
    • Translation
    • Rotation
    • Mirroring
    • Converting to Points/Database Shape
  • Built-Up and Composite Sections
    • Multiple Shapes
    • Composite Sections
    • Cutouts and Holes
  • Custom Shapes
    • Points Shape
    • Line Shape
    • Importing DXF
  • General Section Designer
    • Getting Started
    • Calculation Verification
  • Results
    • Standard Results
    • Composite Results
    • Hand Calculations
• SkyCiv RC Design
  • Getting Started
  • General
    • Beam, Column Design – Standalone
    • Beam, Column Design – S3D
    • Section Designer
  • Code Verification
    • ACI 318 Verification
    • Eurocode 2 Verification
    • AS 3600 Verification
    • CSA A23 Verification
    • GSD Verification
• SkyCiv Member Design
  • General
    • Standalone
    • Integrated Member Design
  • Member Design Modules
    • AISC 360 Member Design
    • NDS 2018 Member Design
    • DNV 2.7-1 Member Design
    • AS 4100 Member Design
    • Eurocode 3 Member Design
    • CSA S16 Member Design
    • AS 1720 Member Design
  • Code Verification
    • AISC 360 Code Verification
    • Eurocode 3 Code Verification
    • AS 4100 Code Verification
    • CSA S16 Code Verification
    • NDS 2018 Code Verification
    • AS 1720 Code Verification
• SkyCiv Load Generator
  • Wind Loads
    • Wind Speed Map
    • AS/NZS 1170 Wind Load Calculations
    • ASCE 7-10 Wind Load Calculations
    • EN 1991 Wind Load Calculations
    • Wind Load Example (ASCE 7-10)
    • Wind Speed Map by Zip Code
• SkyCiv Foundation
  • Isolated Footings
    • Introduction
    • User Manual
    • Eccentric Footings
    • Verification
      • ACI 318 Verification # 1
      • AS 3600 Verification # 1
    • Technical Documentations
      • Isolated Footing Design in Accordance with ACI 318-14
      • Isolated Footing Design in Accordance with AS 3600-09
  • Piles
    • Introduction
    • Concrete Piles: An Overview
    • Building your Model
    • Load-Carrying Capacity of Piles
    • ACI 318 Concrete Pile Design
    • AS 2159 & 3600 Concrete Pile Design
    • ACI 318 Pile Design Verification
    • AS 2159 & 3600 Pile Design Verification
  • Combined Foundation
    • Introduction
    • Technical Documentations
      • AS 3600-09
      • Combined Footing Design in Accordance with ACI 318-14
    • ACI verification #1
• SkyCiv Connection Design
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction to SkyCiv Connection
    • Add Connection
    • Edit Connection Assembly
    • Parent Member
    • Child Members
    • Edit Connection
    • Bolts
    • Welds
    • Render Model
    • Design Checks
    • Detailed Report
    • Engineering Drawings
  • AISC 360-10 HSS-to-W
    • Introduction
    • Single/Double Angle
    • Single Plate
    • Single WT
    • Single Seat
    • Through Plate
    • Collared Plate
    • Double WT
    • Directly Welded
  • Base Plate Connections
• SkyCiv API
  • Plugins
    • Excel
    • Revit Plugin
    • Microsoft Teams
  • Structural Analysis API
  • Addons
    • Slack
    • Bill of Materials
    • Detailed Comments App
• TechNotes
  • Structural 3D
    • Grouping and Visibility Settings in SkyCiv 3D
    • How to Model a Hinge
    • Modelling Stacked Beams
    • Designing a Steel Moment Frame Using SkyCiv (AISC 360-10)
    • Exporting to Revit
    • Importing 3D DXF
    • Importing a Revit Model
    • Higher Order FEM Verification
  • Load Combinations
    • AS/NZS 1170:2002 Load Combinations
    • ASCE 7-10 ASD Load Combinations
    • ASCE 7-10 LRFD Load Combinations
    • ACI 318-11 Load Combinations
    • NBCC 2010 Load Combinations
    • EN 1990:2002 Load Combinations
  • Loading
    • Calculating Roof Snow Loads w/ ASCE 7-10
    • How to Apply Eccentric Point Load in Structural 3D
    • How to Calculate and Apply Roof Snow Drift Loads w/ ASCE 7-10
    • AS/NZS 1170.2 Wind Load Calculation Example
    • ASCE 7-10 Wind Load Calculation Example
    • EN 1991-1-4 Wind Load Calculation Example
  • S3D Verification Models
    • Two-storey Structure
    • Medium-rise Building
    • Roof Frame
    • Hydraulic Frame (FEA)
    • Arch Frame
    • Double Warehouse
    • Egg Structure
    • Shell Frame
    • Timber Barn Frame
    • Unit Conversion Model (Imperial)
    • Unit Conversion Model (Metric)
    • SJI Verification
  • S3D Plate Verification Models
    • Rectangular Plate Bending – Pinned at Edges
    • Rectangular Plate Bending – Pinned at Corners
    • Rectangular Plate Bending – Fixed at Edges
    • Rectangular Plate Bending – Fixed at Corners
    • Cantilever Membrane
    • 90 Degree Angle Cantilever Plate with Pressures
    • Plate with Stiffener Members
    • Slab on Risers
• Tutorials
  • Beam Tutorials
    • What is a Beam?
    • Types of Beams
    • Cantilever Beam
    • What is Deflection?
    • Deflection Equations
    • Bending Moment Equations
    • What is Bending Moment?
    • How to Calculate Reactions at Supports?
    • How to Calculate Shear Force Diagrams?
    • How to Draw Bending Moment Diagrams?
    • How to Calculate an Indeterminate Beam?
  • Truss Tutorials
    • What is a Truss?
    • Tutorial for Truss Method of Joints
    • Tutorial to Solve Truss by Method of Sections
    • Types of Truss Structures
  • Section Tutorials
    • Calculate the Centroid of a Beam Section
    • Calculating the Statical or First Moment of Area of Beam Sections
    • Calculating the Moment of Inertia of a Beam Section
  • Stress Tutorials
    • Calculate Bending Stress of a Beam Section
  • Reinforced Concrete Tutorials
    • What is Reinforced Concrete?
    • Column Buckling
    • What is a Column Interaction Curve?
    • Calculate the Moment Capacity of a RC Beam
    • Reinforced Concrete vs Prestressed Concrete
  • Connection Design Tutorials
    • Shear Connection
    • Moment Connection
  • Foundation Design Tutorials
    • Foundations Types and their Uses
    • What is a Foundation
    • What is the Process of Designing a Footing Foundation?
  • Equations and Summaries
    • Moment of Inertia Formula and Equations
    • Centroid Equations of Various Beam Sections
    • Beam Deflection Formula and Equations
    • Bending Moment Equations
  • Featured Projects
    • Modelling A Greenhouse
    • Modelling a Concrete Building
• Education
  • Education Accounts
    • Introduction to SkyCiv Education
    • How to Upload a CSV of your Students
    • Case Study: Monash University
    • Courses that use SkyCiv
  • Science Olympiad
    • Getting Started
    • How to Design a Boomilever
    • How to Design a Tower
    • How to Test for Common Boomilever Failures
    • Templates
  • Sample Courses
    • How to Model a Truss (30mins)
    • AISC Steel Bridge Competition
    • Spaghetti Bridge Design
• Verifications