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ATCxAEC Concrete Design Made Easier Workshop
Suppose you missed the ATCxAEC presentation or want to revisit it. In that case, you can find the recording here. In this workshop, we showcase how Altair's Concrete solutions help you easily design high-rise buildings' reinforced concrete elements, from an existing model, code-checking, and getting utilization ratios for…
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S-FRAME Suite 2025.1 Release Overview
S-FRAME suite v2025.1 has been released, and with this, some additions and enhancements aimed at improving the everyday workflow for its users. In the next paragraphs, you can find the main features. Concrete Design As part of the advances on including GFRP design within the S-FRAME suite, S-CONCRETE now supports…
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Join the Insightful Discussion on Efficient Steel Structures at ATCx AEC!
Altair will host our first global ATCx AEC, a one-day virtual event dedicated to transforming the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector on April 30, 2025. This engaging event will convene esteemed thought leaders and industry experts from around the world to delve into the trends, technologies, and…
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ATCx AEC 2025 is coming up on April 30, 2025. Register Now!
Altair will host our first global ATCx AEC, a one-day virtual event dedicated to transforming the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. This dynamic event will bring together world renowned thought leaders and industry experts to explore the trends, technologies, and opportunities shaping the future of…
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Concrete Design using Eurocode 2 for France, Germany and Spain Annexes
S-CONCRETE 2025.1 has added support for new national annexes of the CEN Standard EN 1992-1-1:2004, "Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures" for all currently supported sections, Beams, Columns and Walls. Check out some examples of each National Annex Design below: NF EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA 2016-03 (French National Annex) -…
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Column Moment 2nd Order Effects Check
Does S-Concrete (V2022.3) check if the ultimate moment Mu including second-order effects exceeds 1.4Mu due to first-order effects for slender columns, per sec. 6.2.5.3 of ACI 318-19? I'm unable to find it in the program documentation.
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Reinforced Concrete Design with Indian Design Codes in Altair® S-CONCRETE™
In this video we will introduce S-CONCRETE's Reinforced Concrete Section Design capabilities which now support the Indian Concrete Design Codes (IS 456:2000) for code checking and design optimization. For more information, visit our website at www.altair.com/s-concrete
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Spalling reduction factor calculation and effective shear depth in shear wall
Hello, I have S-Concrete V.2024 in Canada. Therefore we are working with Canadian code, CSA A23.3. I have two observation that really affect the calculation for shear walls and now I am gonna share it hear to have my answer. 1-About dv, effective shear depth, I am wondering why in S-Concrete this factor would be design…
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Multistory Designer Crash
Hi, I am trying to use ETABS 2022 ACCESS data for Multistory Designer in S-CONCRETE 2025. However after selecting the input path and pressing next the MULTISTORY DESIGNER crashes. Would you please let me know how I can fix that? Thanks!
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S-FRAME Release Highlights 2025
S-FRAME 2025 Product Suite is here! We are excited to share the latest release of S-FRAME’s family of tools. This is a major update as new design codes have been added for steel and concrete designs, allowing for even more flexibility on your projects. Stability and performance have been improved as well, as also some…
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S-CONCRETE Multistorey Designer & Batch Processing - Editing Wall Table Data Viewer
Hello, I am using S-CONCRETE multistorey designer (as well as batch design/processing) to design precast concrete wall panels. There's some functionality that I am having problems with, relating to modifying information in the Wall Table Data Viewer. 1) The first issue is with using the "Zones" of reinforcing at either end…
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How can I fix project saving problem in multistory designer?
Whenever I want to save the multistory designer project this message pops up "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process". How can I fix that? Moreover the program terminates randomly whenever I want to create S-Concrete files (without saving the s-concrete files) Thanks!
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S-CONCRETE Multistorey Designer
Hello. I recently installed S-CONCRETE and am hoping to use the multistorey designer feature. However, when I click on it, there is no window that pops up. How can I resolve this so that I can proceed with using multistorey designer?
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Streamlined Concrete Design for Large Structures - Webinar
This webinar discusses the workflow from a concrete structural analysis to concrete section design of all concrete beams, columns, and walls using the S-CONCRETE Multistory Designer (MSD). For more information, head to the Resource Library
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Modeling, Loading, Analysing, and Designing a Two-Story Concrete House
Structural design has many applications in construction, including big structures like bridges, high-rise buildings, and state-of-the-art stadiums. However, residential structures like apartment buildings and single-family houses remain a vital part of society, and having an efficient way of getting through the whole…
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S-CONCRETE Batch Processing
In this video we will look at how we can use S-CONCRETE to perform concrete design checks on multiple SCO files without the need to interact with the interface. We will also examine how to produce consolidated Engineering Design Reports. If you'd like to use S-CONCRETE to design the concrete elements in your S-FRAME model,…
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Concrete Design for Sustainability using GFRP Reinforcement
Learn more about GFRP reinforced concrete, its benefits, and its applications. Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP), an alternative reinforcement material, can extend a concrete structure's lifespan due to its corrosion-resistance properties. Compared to traditional steel reinforcement, GFRP rebar is lighter, stronger,…
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Multistory Concrete Design and Detailing for ETABS® models
Shave days off your concrete design workflow. Multistory Designer easily imports all concrete structural elements from ETABS® model files. Quickly design and detail every concrete element and generate a single design report that includes all S-CONCRETE design results for every concrete structural element. Ideal for…
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S-CONCRETE Eurocode Design
S-CONCRETE runs code compliance checks to different regional design codes. This video demonstrates using the EuroCode concrete design requirements: * EN 1992-1-1:2004 with standard design values * EN 1992-1-1:2004 with UK National Annex and the option to consider slenderness effects with the nominal stiffness and nominal…
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Efficient Concrete Design with Altair S-CONCRETE Batch Processing
Use the S-CONCRETE Batch Processing option to save time when you need to evaluate multiple reinforced concrete beams, columns. We will show how to run a design code compliance assessment on multiple concrete sections in a single operation to generate a one design report that includes all design results. This presentation…
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RISA® ADAPT-Builder Integration with Altair S-CONCRETE
For users of RISA®’s ADAPT-Builder platform, who want to perform concrete design, there are links to S-CONCRETE that facilitate the concrete column and wall design workflow. ADAPT-Bulder – S-CONCRETE workflow users can Access their tributary and/or FEM loads from the ADAPT-Builder analysis to represent the demands on their…
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ETABS® Integration with S-CONCRETE
Engineers who use ETABS® for their structural analysis can quickly code check and design all reinforced concrete elements using Altair® S-CONCRETE Multistory Designer capabilities. The Multistory Designer facilitates communication between an ETABS® model’s data and S-CONCRETE, allowing users to design reinforced concrete…
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S-CONCRETE Batch Processing Demo
Reduce concrete design time by evaluating multiple reinforced concrete beams, walls, and columns in one operation. S-CONCRETE Batch Processing designs and generates a single design report that includes the results for all sections in the batch process. This tutorial walks through the steps needed in a concrete design batch…
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Designing Concrete Structures using Integrated Concrete Design (ICD) in S-FRAME
This webinar demonstrates how to easily use structural analysis results generated by S-FRAME to design the concrete structural elements (beams, columns, walls, slabs, and continuous beams in the structure). We show how to run performance assessments, optimize design groups, and generate concrete design reports using…
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S-CONCRETE Column Design Overview
This video expands on the S-CONCRETE Overview video and describes how to design and code check reinforced concrete columns.