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• SkyCiv API
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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
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    • Demo Video
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  • Modelling
    • Nodes
    • Members
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    • Materials
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    • Plates
    • Meshing Your Plate
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    • Operations
    • 3D Renderer
  • Members
    • Members
    • Normal vs Continuous Members
    • Member End Fixities (Connectivity)
    • Offsetting Members
    • Cables
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  • Applying Loads
    • Point Loads
    • Distributed Loads (DL’s)
    • Moments
    • Area & Wind Loads
    • Pressures
    • Self Weight
    • Load Combinations
    • Load Groups
  • Solving
    • Repair Model
    • Linear Static Analysis
    • Linear Static and Buckling Analysis
    • Non-Linear Static & P-Delta Analysis
    • List of Errors
  • Post Processing
    • Sign Conventions
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    • Shear, Moment, Torsion and Axial
    • Displacement
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    • Plate Analysis Results
    • Buckling
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    • Single Member Analysis
    • Truss Hand Calculations
  • Reporting
    • Input and Bill of Materials
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• SkyCiv Section Builder
  • Getting Started
    • Adding Shapes
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    • Integrating with other Software
  • Operations
    • Translation
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    • Multiple Shapes
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    • Points Shape
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    • Importing DXF
  • General Section Designer
    • Getting Started
    • Calculation Verification
  • Results
    • Standard Results
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    • Hand Calculations
• SkyCiv Member Design
  • General
    • Standalone
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  • Member Design Modules
    • AISC 360
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    • AS 1720
  • Code Verification
    • AISC 360
    • Eurocode 3
    • AS 4100
    • CSA S16
    • NDS 2018
    • AS 1720
• SkyCiv RC Design
  • Getting Started
  • General
    • Beam, Column Design – Standalone
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    • Section Designer
  • Code Verification
    • ACI 318 Verification
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• SkyCiv Connection Design
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction
    • Add Connection
    • Edit Connection Assembly
    • Parent Member
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    • 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
• SkyCiv Wind
  • Wind Speed and Load
    • Wind Speed Map
    • AS/NZS 1170 Wind Load Calculations
    • ASCE 7-10 Wind Load Calculations
    • EN 1991 Wind Load Calculations
    • Wind Speed Map by Zip Code
• TechNotes
  • Structural 3D
    • How to Model a Hinge
    • Modelling Stacked Beams
    • TechTip: Node to Member Connectivity in FEA
  • Plate Analysis
    • Types of Meshes
    • Fully Supported Plate
  • 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
  • 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)
• 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
  • 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
• Education
  • Education Accounts
    • Introduction
    • 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
  • Sample Courses
    • How to Model a Truss (30mins)
    • AISC Steel Bridge Competition
    • Spaghetti Bridge Design