Why SOFiSTiK?
Here are some of the reasons why we chose SOFiSTiK as our platform for our bridge engineering activities:-
Bridge design to Eurocodes
The ability to design bridges to the new Eurocodes is essential, and the fact that the SOFiSTiK software handles Eurocode design in such a clear manner (especially the bridge loading) made SOFiSTiK a clear winner for us. We knew that we and our customers would be able to control what loads were applied, and when, and we have this to be very useful indeed.Wide range of applications
SOFiSTiK is perhaps the only commercial Software providing analysis and design capabilities for all engineering fields. The possible range of application goes from bridges to buildings, from foundations to tunnelling, from steel/membrane systems to special materials such as UHPC.Bridges and more ...
SOFiSTiK's broad capability means that it can be applied to all aspects of bridge engineering and, even better, it can be put to good use in others areas of our customers' activities, such as building design or tunnelling. This makes cost justifying the licence fee very much more easy.Both graphics and text based user interfaces
Our customers tell us that a pure graphical interface is great, but it is impossible to either find out what is happening, or to conrol what is happening, so although we really like SOFiSTiK's AutoCAD interface, the best feature is the text file input, since this allows an engineer to control both the data and the design process.Flexible licensing
We also chose SOFiSTiK because it has a very flexible licensing system for our customers. If we do all the work then you, the customer, do not need to license it at all, and this means that your decision to use our services does not involve making any software decisions, and that has to be a bonus. On the other hand, you may want to use the software for a brief period, so if you commit to some training then it can be leased to you, and if you want it in perpetuity, than a standard licence is easily arranged.
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ABES-UK supply specialist bridge design consulting services and bridge design software to bridge design engineers.