Software

S-AlgoL Software

This software review is rebuilt from the S-AlgoL software overview PowerPoint. The section highlights the applications planned or developed to automate structural engineering calculations, drafting, data exchange, and production drawing workflows.

SecProps main interface screenshot — SecProps interface, custom profiles, and finite element section analysis.

Section properties / section analysis

SecProps

Calculates section properties for standard, custom, built-up, and general sections, then supports deeper section analysis.

SecProps is presented as a core engineering utility for building and reviewing structural sections. The deck shows standard profile libraries, custom geometry tools, built-up profiles, general section examples, finite element meshes, and stress/result visualizations.

Workflow value

Review standard, custom, general, and built-up profile groups.
Calculate section properties for practical design checks.
Use finite element mesh views and analysis output for complex profiles.

Section properties
Custom profiles
FE mesh
Built-up sections

SteelMatrix axial design interface screenshot — SteelMatrix axial and shear design screens.

Steel member capacity checks

SteelMatrix

Calculates design capacities for steel sections across axial, bending, shear, combined, and composite design cases.

The PowerPoint positions SteelMatrix as a steel design engine for calculating member capacities and reviewing section performance. The planned scope includes axial design, bending design, combined axial and bending checks, composite axial and bending capacities, and possible web-opening design.

Workflow value

Evaluate steel member capacity in multiple design modes.
Support axial, shear, bending, and combined loading decisions.
Create a focused interface for design review and iteration.

Axial design
Shear design
Composite checks
Capacity review

EasyColumn tributary area interface screenshot — EasyColumn tributary areas, 3D load context, and imported ETABS column results.

Column design / load rundown / schedules

EasyColumn

Automates column-system design by combining tributary areas, manual load rundown, ETABS load import, and schedule generation.

EasyColumn is shown as a building-column workflow tool. The source deck includes tributary area diagrams, Excel-based load rundown inputs, load outputs, ETABS result imports, and column-load review screens.

Workflow value

Generate tributary areas for building column systems.
Perform manual load rundown using Excel data files.
Import column loads from ETABS and generate column schedule drawings or DXF files.

Load rundown
ETABS import
Column schedules
DXF output

LatSys shear wall and coupling beam loads import from ETABS — LatSys ETABS import workflow for shear walls and coupling beams.

Lateral system design

LatSys

Imports shear wall and coupling beam loads from ETABS to support lateral system design for building projects.

LatSys is described in the deck as the lateral-system design application. It focuses on transferring load information from analysis models into a design environment for shear walls and coupling beams.

Workflow value

Import all shear wall and coupling beam loads from ETABS models.
Organize lateral-system data for design review.
Reduce manual transfer between analysis and design workflows.

Lateral system
Shear walls
Coupling beams
ETABS

S-Details structural detail browser screenshot — S-Details database-style browsing for typical and special structural details.

Structural details database

S-Details

Displays, edits, and prints typical and special project details from a database of commonly used structural details.

The PowerPoint describes S-Details as a detail-management application with hundreds of structural details integrated into a database file. The screenshots show a browser-style interface for navigating and reviewing relevant CAD detail sheets.

Workflow value

Browse typical and special structural details from one interface.
Edit and print relevant details for project use.
Reduce repeated searching through disconnected detail files.

Detail library
CAD details
Database
Production support

XL2CAD interface with Excel table preview — XL2CAD moves engineering tables from Excel into AutoCAD and Revit deliverables.

Excel table converted into AutoCAD drawing from DXF — XL2CAD moves engineering tables from Excel into AutoCAD and Revit deliverables.

Excel to AutoCAD / Revit

XL2CAD

Converts Excel tables into DXF/AutoCAD drawing content and supports Revit drafting-view table creation.

The deck notes that Excel is heavily used in structural consulting, but engineering tables often need to become formal drawing content. XL2CAD addresses that handoff by creating DXF files from Excel sheets and drawing tables in Revit through an add-in workflow.

Workflow value

Create DXF files directly from Excel tables.
Insert tabular engineering information into AutoCAD drawings.
Draw Excel-based tables in Revit drafting views.

Excel automation
DXF
AutoCAD
Revit add-in

Reinf2CAD BlueBeam reinforcement markup example — Reinf2CAD converts reinforcement markups into CAD-ready drawing output.

BlueBeam markup to CAD reinforcement

Reinf2CAD

Reads BlueBeam reinforcement markups and converts them into DXF/CAD output to reduce drafting time and checking cycles.

The PowerPoint describes a drafting automation workflow for floor-plan reinforcement. It aims to convert engineer markups into CAD files directly, reducing repetitive drafting effort, improving accuracy, and lowering back-check requirements.

Workflow value

Read reinforcement markups from BlueBeam PDF files.
Convert markup data into DXF files for AutoCAD workflows.
Target major drafting-time reduction while improving consistency and reliability.

BlueBeam
Reinforcement
DXF
Drafting automation