A structural engineer is sometimes confronted with geometries that are more complex than a flat slab on some columns: this can be the case for organic shapes, for intricate steel joists, etc.
For a few years SCIA has been allowing every enrolled structural engineering student, postgraduate or professor to download a completely free copy of SCIA Engineer and SCIA Design Forms.
One hundred years ago, the architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Berlage and Rietveld became famous with building projects based on simple shapes, light materials and colorful patterns.
Scia is addressing the market of structural engineering in the Americas (both North and South) through its offices in Columbia (Maryland) and in Sao Paulo (Brazil).
In the coming months, Scia will release a new version of Scia Engineer, which will expand the possibilities of Open Design introduced in Scia Engineer 14.