Welcome to our product updates in May 2025!

This month, we celebrated SkyCiv’s 10th anniversary! Our team from around the world came together in Sydney to mark a decade of building smarter and more accessible software for structural engineers. And while we took a moment to celebrate, we’ve also been focused on continuing to improve the platform. Let’s take a look at what’s new:

SkyCiv Structural 3D

Quick Member Length Editing

The S3D interface now includes a feature that lets you quickly edit a member’s length without manually adjusting node coordinates. Just right-click the member or group of members, select “Change Member Length,” enter the new value, and choose whether to move end A or end B.
  Member Length Editing

New Plate Mesher Update

The S3D plate mesher can now handle meshing along members crossing the plate’s borders or the plate’s holes (i.e., members partially within a plate). Previously, these members were ignored during meshing. The example below shows a complex (and somewhat unrealistic) case that highlights the new capability. Mesh nodes are now placed along members that pass in and out of the plate and its openings. This improvement means continuous members no longer need to be split where they intersect with the plate border.

S3D Plate Mesher Update

Added ASCE 7-22 Spectral Loads

S3D also now supports spectral loads from the ASCE 7-22 design code for response spectrum analysis. Previously, only ASCE 7-16 was available.

SkyCiv Quick Design

Lateral Pile Stability Quick Design

Lateral Pile Stability Quick Design

The latest addition to the SkyCiv Quick Design library, the new Lateral Pile Stability tool is designed to assist in the geotechnical analysis and design of poles or piles primarily resisting lateral loads. 

The Lateral Pile Stability Quick Design calculates lateral stability using the Broms or Brinch Hansen Method to determine internal forces on the pile under the loading conditions to be used in the structural design.

 

EN 1993-1-1 Steel Plate Quick Design

EN 1993-1-1 Steel Plate Quick Design

Another addition to the SkyCiv Quick Design is the EN 1993-1-1 Steel Plate Quick Design that enables structural engineers to calculate the moment and shear capacity of a steel plate bending about its minor axis for both plastic and elastic analysis.  

Other Updates

SkyCiv Quick Design:
  • AS 3600:2018 Reinforcement Lap Length Quick Design now supports cogged and hooked reinforcement as well as plots for changes in stress development relative to lap/development length.
SkyCiv Section Builder:
  • Added Australian > Scaffold > AT-PAC sections.
  • Added Singaporean > Steel (Consteel) sections.
  • Added Metric > Wood > AS 1720 > Hyne materials.
Detailed Shell FEA:
  • Added a materials database.