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.

Upgrade Guide

To review changes from previous versions and see what's new, read the Upgrade Guide and Version History.

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 15,000 nodes
• Up to 2,000 members
• Up to 15,000 plate elements
• Maximum of 40 factored load combinations, if you 'generate' too many, convert them to manual, and delete some!

Restrictions

• No area loads on members (automated tributary distribution)
• No Design checks, except for steel (limited)
• No Design 'search' or optimization to resize members