Create Models
Model slab, beam, or wall bending problems quickly.
- Define complex boundaries
- Specify multiple slab/wall thicknesses
- Incorporate holes in model
- Define beams & supports
- Import DXF/DWG files
Apply Loads
Apply loads with a flexible and intuitive point-and-click interface.
- Apply area loads to slabs/walls
- Draw rectangular, circular, & ring loads
- Apply point loads (axial & moments)
- Load beams (shear, moment, & torsion)
- Copy & scale loads between service cases
Finite Element Analysis
Automatic finite element meshing and background analysis.
- Graphical views of analysis results
- Generate diagrams along cut lines
- View beam graphs
- Refine mesh at point loads & supports
Beam Checks
Design beams according to the ACI 318 or CSA A23.3 design specifications.
- Flexure, shear, and torsion checks
- Vary longitudinal reinforcement in beams
- Vary transverse reinforcement spacing in beams
- Minimum steel checks
Punching Shear
Punching shear checks are automatically performed at point loads, point supports, and line supports.
- Automatic critical sections
- Individual, group, & subgroup punching
- Unreinforced & reinforced punching
- Punching capacity based on load direction
Slab & Wall Design
Design slabs & walls according to ACI 318, ACI 350, or CSA A23.3.
- Optimize slab/wall reinforcement
- Check specified slab/wall reinforcement
- Checks both flexure and shear
- Environmental serviceability checks
ConcreteBending Features
For complete feature details and training videos, refer to the User's Guide.
- IBC, ASCE 7, or NBC load combinations
- ACI 318-19 or ACI 318-14
- ACI 350-20 & ACI 350-06
- CSA A23.3-19 & A23.3-14
- Elevated slabs
- Slab & beam systems
- Environmental tank walls
- Custom slab boundaries
- Multiple slabs of varying thicknesses
- Holes in slabs or walls
- Point supports & line supports
- Generate models via external scripts
- Import & export DXF files
- Export to VisualAnalysis for more complicated tasks
- Define custom load combinations
- Apply uniform/linear area loads
- Draw rectangular or circular loads
- Create circular/rectangular ring loads
- Point loads with axial force and moment
- Linear beam loads
- Automated FEA mesh generation
- Control mesh refinement at point loads & point supports
- Plot deflections, moments, and shears
- Generate slab diagrams along a cut line
- View beam graphs
- Sophisticated thick-plate finite element formulation
- Fast automated background analysis while you work
- Optimize slab/wall reinforcement
- Check specified slab/wall reinforcement
- Design slabs/walls with single or double mat bar configurations
- Check slabs/walls for flexure and shear
- Punching shear check at point loads, point supports, & line supports
- Punching shear check for individual elements, groups, & subgroups
- Design punching shear reinforcement
- Plots and check bearing pressures
- Concrete pier design for combined axial & bending loads
- Pile design (steel, wood, & concrete)
- Beam design for flexure, shear, and torsion
- Check minimum and maximum reinforcement requirements
- Check reinforcement detailing requirements
- Generate full reports with graphics and all details
- Customize reports to include only the information you need
- Paste graphics directly into reports
- Adjust page margins, fonts, and colors
- Add your company logo to report headers
- Use Print Preview mode while editing
- Export reports as .xls, .docx, or .pdf files
Command Line
Use the simple command-line interface as an alternative way to control the program, with built-in commands to create models objects, generate service cases, apply loads, extract results, generate reports, and more. Additionally, leverage the power of C# programming within the command line.
External Scripts
Create external scripts to integrate with the program, allowing for complex geometry modeling, parametric studies, automatic finite element mesh refinement until convergence, and more.
