Notice: There is a new educational version available. Version 19.0 is obsolete as of May 2022, and expires September 2022.
Please download the latest release from edu.iesweb.com.
Since 1994, IES has offered a free educational version of VisualAnalysis. This is available for students and faculty members at institutions in the USA and Canada that offer engineering degrees. Students and faculty should visit
www.iesweb.com/edu for updates and educational support information. Please review the educational limitations below as some commercial features are not available.
User's Guide
For detailed information on VisualAnalysis, refer to the User's Guide.
Upgrade Guide
To review changes from the previous version and see what's new, read the Upgrade Guide.
Limitations
The educational product is intended for Educational Use Only; it should not be used for profit or consulting work. The educational product is the advanced level of VisualAnalysis, with the following limitations:
Project Size Limits
- Up to 5500 nodes
- Up to 1000 members
- Up to 5000 plate elements
- Maximum of 40 factored load combinations, if you 'generate' too many, convert them to manual, and delete some!
Restrictions
- No Auto-meshed areas (you may use manual plate meshes)
- No Design checks, except for steel (limited)
- No Design 'search' or optimization to resize members
