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SCIA Engineer: Powerful structural analysis & design software with local support

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About us

Since 1974, SCIA has been developing, distributing and supporting software products for structural engineering and the construction market. SCIA is a fully owned subsidiary of the globally operating Nemetschek Group, a leading global software provider for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction market (AEC). SCIA’s core purpose is to help users to create their best structural designs. To do so, the company provides powerful, cutting-edge software through a continual process of improvement, innovation and customer input.

Innovation is in our DNA. Every year, we invest 30% of our global turnover into R&D to continue to enhance our software. Through continued innovation, we aim to tackle the complex engineering tasks of the future and solve them with elegance and simplicity.

At SCIA, we all share a passion for structural engineering. Everyone, from development team and support team, to our CEO, is driven to not only create the best structural engineering software in the industry but also make sure that our customers know how to make the most out of it. We pride ourselves on the knowledge of our people and how this translates into innovation that matters.

Watch the video below, told by Vítek Vondráček, who is part of the SCIA Development Team to discover more about SCIA and how we do what we do best.

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SCIA Engineer

SCIA Engineer is an integrated, multi-material structural analysis and design software for all kinds of structures, materials and loads. Its wide range of functionality makes it an ideal partner for the design of office buildings, industrial plants, bridges or any other project, all within the same easy-to-use environment. You work faster, smoother and more effective thanks to the logical user interface, intuitive workflow and powerful tools, such as load generators and one-click report update.

SCIA Engineer supports Open BIM and is IFC certified for import and export. This gives you the possibility to collaborate easily, reuse existing data or rework models which saves you time and costs.

SCIA Engineer is localised in 11 languages, supports 20 national standards and is distributed in more than 50 countries, giving us a truly global reach. This allows us to efficiently serve local, regional and multi-national engineering companies and organizations on all types of projects, all over the world. SCIA Engineer is powered by SCIA’s dedicated and passionate team of structural engineering devotees. You get localized technical support from specialists with structural engineering backgrounds. They help you get up to speed quicker and they answer your model-specific questions.

What our customers particularly appreciate about SCIA Engineer:

Unified user interface for fast modelling, analysis & code design of any structure in one user friendly environment
Advanced nonlinear analysis, membrane and cable analysis, general plasticity, construction stages ...
Modal analysis, general vibration, seismicity, equivalent lateral forces, non-uniform damping...
Multi-material design: steel (including cold-formed), concrete (including prestressed), timber, aluminum...
Load generators for various types of load situations
Extensive national & international code coverage and Annexes
Transparent, detailed, customisable and always up-to-date project documentation
Integration with BIM workflows (Revit, Tekla, Allplan, Rhino, IFC, DWG, DXF ...)
Local technical support by highly educated experts