Ask StructureCalcs
Type what you mean. Ask builds the model, answers questions about it, and presses the buttons — on the beam, truss, frame and section calculators, in the words an engineer actually uses.
Build the geometry
Nodes and members, one line at a time or several at once. A chain connects in sequence.
add nodes at 0,0 3,0 6,0connect 1-2-3-4add a node at 3,4Supports by position or by order, and the canvas labels work as names: M4 is member 4.
pin at the left noderoller at the last nodedelete M4Draw and load in one line
A whole beam in one sentence — spaces do the work of punctuation.
10m beam pin left roller @ 8m 5kN @ 3 & 6Engineering shorthand: divide a span and load every division, at an angle if you say so.
2kn each third 5m 30deg3 kN every quarter 8 m include ends5kN each half 4m 45degTyped short, or typed wrong
Abbreviations and misspellings are repaired when the reading is unambiguous — and refused, not guessed, when it is not.
divid member 3 into 4delte member 3rotat support 1 30 degAnd it listens in Spanish, French and German as well as English.
añade una carga puntual de 10 kN en 5supprime la barre 4lösche Stab 4Ask it a question
Properties, geometry, results and the working behind them — read straight off the model on screen.
what is A of 1angle of member 5degree of indeterminacywhat is the max momentIt remembers the conversation
Correct yourself in the next breath, or undo the thing you were working on rather than the last click.
actually 25 kNi meant 25 kNput it backStart from a template
Twenty-three ready-made models with a picture of each. Pick one by name or by number, then reshape it in words.
templateswarren trussone more baybay width 4mWhere is that button?
Ask finds any control on the page and rings it — and saying its exact name presses it.
where is the divide toolFilletOSNAPIt writes the API call
The model on your screen, as a runnable request in six languages, ready to copy.
show me the pythongive me the curl