SCIA

Tutorials & Manuals

Download our step-by-step tutorials that each focus on one specific project or our course manuals on how to use the software, including background information.

Installation & Protection/Licensing

Installation manual for cloud protection: English (SCIA25.0) - French (SCIA25.0) - Dutch (SCIA25.0) - German (SCIA22.1) - Czech (SCIA25.0) - Slovak (SCIA25.0) - Portuguese/Brazilian (SCIA25.0)

Modelling

Basic manual for the new interface (since SCIA Engineer 21): English (SCIA24.0) - French (SCIA21.0) - Dutch (SCIA21.1) - German (SCIA22.1)

Brief overview of the new interface: English (SCIA24.0) - French (SCIA24.0) - Dutch (SCIA24.0) - Czech (SCIA24.0) - German (SCIA24.0)

Basic manual for the old interface: English - French - Dutch 

Modelling examples: English (SCIA24.0) - French + Projects (SCIA21.1)

Manual Parameters: English + Projects (SCIA22.1)

Tutorial Tracking: English (SCIA24.0)

Tutorial Input table: English (SCIA25.0)

Tutorial Modelling shells: English (SCIA24.0)

Tutorial User blocks: English (SCIA25.0)

Tutorial Tips & tricks: Dutch + Projects (SCIA2013) *

Tutorial Commands & shortcuts: Czech (SCIA2011) *

Tutorial 2D elements: Czech (SCIA2011) *

Tutorial End+continu: English (SCIA2010) *

Tutorial Storeys: English (SCIA2010) *

Tutorial User defined attributes: English + Projects (SCIA2010) *

Tutorial Shell example: English (SCIA2009) *

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Loads

Tutorial Load generators (Load panels, Free loads, 3D wind generator, Traffic loads, Mobile loads & 2D-wind and -snow generators): English + Projects (SCIA25.0)

Tutorial Combinations: English (SCIA25.0)

Documentation 3D wind: English

Manual Bridge combinations: English (SCIA2012) *

Tutorial 2D wind and snow: French (SCIA2012) **

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer
** This documentation is only applicable for the 32-bit version of SCIA Engineer

Data exchange

Following manual and tutorials illustrate some of the BIM possibilities with SCIA Engineer:

  • Manual BIM: English (SCIA25.0)
  • Tutorial exchange SCIA-Revit - starters: English (SCIA15) *
  • Tutorial exchange SCIA-Revit - advanced: English + Projects (SCIA15) *
  • Tutorial Open BIM exchange exercise: English + Projects (SCIA2012) *
  • Tutorial BIM toolbox: English (SCIA2011) *
  • Tutorial roundtrip: English (SCIA2011) *

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Following tutorial describes the possibilities to work with the XML format in combination with SCIA Engineer:

 

Following tutorial describes the open checks via SCIA Design Forms:

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Following tutorial describes the external application checks via Microsoft Excel:

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Click on following links to go to tutorials on the SCIA Engineer links with IDEA StatiCa:

Analysis

Nonlinear and stability analysis:

Dynamics:

  • Manual Dynamics: English + Projects (SCIA25.0) - French + Projects (SCIA25.0) - German (SCIA25.0)
    Non-uniform damping, direct time integration (TDA analysis) and Von Karman vibrations are available until SCIA Engineer 22.0 32-bit
  • Tutorial ELF procedure IBC: English (SCIA15)*
  • Tutorial Mass eccentricity for seismic analysis: English (SCIA2011)*

Construction stages:

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Results

Tutorial Integration member: English (SCIA21.1) - Dutch (SCIA21.1) - French (SCIA21.1) - German (SCIA21.1) - Czech (SCIA21.1) - Slovak (SCIA21.1)

Benchmarks & validation

Validation manual for Finite Elements results (AFNOR guide): English + Projects (SCIA25.0)

Design & Checks

Manual Aluminium: English + Projects (SCIA18) *

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Benchmarks EN 1999-1-1

Tutorial Composite floors: English + Projects (SCIA21.1) - French + Projects (SCIA22.1)

Tutorial Composite AISC: English (SCIA16) *

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Benchmarks EN 1994-1-1

Concrete documentation:

  • Tutorial Concrete: English (SCIA24.0)
  • Manual Concrete: English (SCIA24.0) - French + Projects (SCIA22.1) - German (SCIA22.1) - Czech + Projects (SCIA21.0)
  • Tutorial 2D reinforcement: English (SCIA24.0)
  • Tutorial 1D reinforcement: English (SCIA24.0)
  • Tutorial Integration member: English (SCIA21.1) - Dutch (SCIA21.1) - French (SCIA21.1) - German (SCIA21.1) - Czech (SCIA21.1) - Slovak (SCIA21.1)
  • Manual Old concrete service (32-bit, 'v16 and older' post-processing environment): English (SCIA17) *

Post- and pre-tensioning documentation:

  • Tutorial Pre-tensioning: English + Projects (SCIA21.1) - Dutch (SCIA2011) *
  • Manual Parameters, stages and prestress: English (SCIA2008) *
  • Tutorial Post-tensioning: French + Projects (SCIA22) + English + Projects (SCIA2012) * - Dutch (SCIA2011) *
  • Tutorial Post-tensioned concrete slab EN1992-1-1: English (SCIA2011) *
  • Tutorial Post-tensioning IBC: English (SCIA15) *
  • Tutorial Post-tensioned double-T bridge: English (SCIA2010) *

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Manual Foundations: English + Projects (SCIA25.0) - French (SCIA25.0)

Steel documentation:

Steel connections documentation:

  • Manual Steel connections: English + Projects (SCIA24.0)
  • Tutorial Steel connection example: English (SCIA2013) *

Scaffolding documentation:

* This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

Benchmarks EN 1993

Manual Timber: English + Projects (SCIA24.0) - French + Projects (SCIA24.0)

Tutorial Timber Truss Joint SCIA-FRILO: English (SCIA22.1)

Benchmarks EN 1995-1-1

Output & Engineering report

Tutorial Dimension styles: English (SCIA2010) *

    * This documentation was written for the old interface of SCIA Engineer

    Manual Engineering report: English (SCIA24.0)

    IDEA StatiCa

    Following manual describes how to model an easy connection in IDEA StatiCa: French (IDEA StatiCa 22.1)

    Click on following links to go to tutorials on the SCIA Engineer links with IDEA StatiCa: