VisualAnalysis has be designed to solve problems that are commonly faced by engineers with input from numerous customers. VisualAnalysis has the following limitations:

• Not useful for large displacements (geometric nonlinearity, except for the cable element)
• No automatic plastic analysis (users can manually iterate with increasing loads and insert end releases to simulate plastic behavior)
• Not a turn-key system for building or truss design (the user decides the layout and must pick initial member sizes)
• No automatic total structural optimization
• Does not run inside or integrated with AutoCAD (or any other CAD tool)
• No internal pipe pressures
• No orthotropic or anisotropic materials (linear, elastic isotropic only)
• No solid elements, or brick elements
• No curved beams (can be simulate curved beams with chords)
• No staged loading or active or inactive elements acting per load case
• No pre-stressed or post-tensioned concrete design
• No AASHTO bridge design