SCIA eNews May 2005

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May 2005




	SCIA launches new Website

	You can order a FREE copy of the exclusive, 184 pages thick, SCIA User Contest Book with your local sales engineer or by filling this form.





	Cost control in the construction industry – SCIA Conference Day in Groot-Bijgaarden, 19th May 2005. More info and subscriptions: Dutch - French





	On 18, 19 and 20 May 2005, SCIA organizes a training SCIA.ESA PT r.5 in Herk-de-Stad (B) and in Arnhem (NL). Consult our online Training Calendar

	The next 'SCIA.ESA PT' Tips & Trics training will be organized in Arnhem (NL) on 27 May 2005. Consult our online Training Calendar





	Some screenshots with new features in SCIA.ESA PT 5.1

Dear eNews subscriber,

With this eNews edition of May 2005, SCIA is very proud to announce the new design of our website. This design was developed by our professional web design team in collaboration with Srijan Technologies and provides highly improved navigation and usability for our valued visitors.

A new SCIA Forum, where discussions on SCIA related topics take place, was also added. The SCIA forum will be used internationally by all SCIA user groups & clubs, SCIA users and others showing interest in our products. Please join us…

Don’t forget to subscribe to our conference ‘Costs Optimisation in Construction’ that takes place in Brussels on the 19th of May in the afternoon. To subscribe, click on the link to the left (section Events).

»	SCIA Corporate News: New strategic agreements for SCIA
»	Product News: ESA-Concrete Section
»	The Market: SCIA offers transparency during its ‘Initiation Days’ for design and engineering software
»	Customers Projects: Steel footbridge for the European Parliament
»	Support Tips & Tricks: Saving selections into a database

SCIA Corporate News: New strategic agreements for SCIA

A cornerstone of the SCIA business strategy consists in strategic co-operations.
In April 2005 SCIA has underwritten two new major agreements with partners: one with CADS U.K. – CADS Software India and one with GeoDelft.

Through CADS UK, SCIA is operating successfully in the United Kingdom; more than 100 clients are using our CAE software for designing concrete and steel structures. The cooperation is extended to bundle forces in creating an industry standard CAE solution based on the SCIA.ESA PT platform, by integrating CADS design know-how.

With its sister company CADS Software India (CSI), SCIA has entered an agreement for setting up a SCIA development team in Chennai. Also CSI will distribute the SCIA product family SCIA.ESA PT platform on the Indian market though its offices in Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. Ian Chambers, director of CADS UK and CSI expressed: “CADS and SCIA are well placed to address together the high potential market in India”.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Geodelft (Netherlands) and the SCIA management. Both organisations are intensifying the cooperation, as well for developing new Geo-structural Engineering software as for international distribution. Mr. J. Wentink, director of GeoDelft, commented: ... more

ESA-Concrete Section

ESA-Concrete Section is a stand-alone program, on the market since 2003. The program checks any reinforced concrete cross-section for its response and capacity. In the last two years it has proven itself to 200 and more customers, all of them are very satisfied with its user-friendliness and graphical charm.

The program allows the user to pick the desired cross-section out of a set of cross-sections or he has the possibility to draw a cross-section himself (composite: concrete/concrete or not). Then the user installs the reinforcement and stirrups and the operating internal forces ( N, Vz, My and Mz) are entered.
Afterwards the program checks ... more

SCIA offers transparency during its ‘Initiation Days’ for design and engineering software

Today, choosing software is not easy considering the diversity of the offer. Beyond all doubt, software tools bring a significant competitive advantage to the design and engineering field thanks to the functionalities and the user-friendliness of the user interfaces. Moreover, companies are often already equipped and must really be convinced of the added value of new software before acquiring it in order to replace older programs.

As an innovating software company, we wish to go further than just giving a simple "demonstration" during meetings with possible partners. We have decided to go for transparency by giving the opportunity to potential buyers to test the suggested solutions, thus allowing them to make a decision based on much more than a range of beautiful images and a beautiful speech.

Since the end of 2004, SCIA regularly organizes ‘Initiation Days’ for its design software (Allplan Architecture & Allplan Engineering) and for its stability calculation software (Esa-Prima Win and the new SCIA.ESA PT).

What are these ‘Initiation Days’ about ... more

Steel footbridge for the European Parliament

SCIA Customer: Ingénieurs Associés in Belgium.
Contact: M Thierry Gerard
Winner in the ‘User Contest 2005’, category 4: Steel Constructions

Short presentation:
The goal of this steel footbridge is to make a communication between several buildings of the European Parliament in Brussels.

The footbridge is built in a circle of 73m in diameter. It is perfectly symmetric related to the axe. Its surface is 900 m². Its floor level is situated at a height of 10m above the cover plate of the SNCB Station, called «Mail». The footbridge is based on 8 steel columns, 4 of them are the prolongation of existing columns.

In spite of its big dimensions, the footbridge has ... more

Tips & Tricks: Saving selections into a database

In SCIA.ESA PT, it is possible to save a selection into a database. This makes it easy to recall the selection later on without having to manually select all the entities again.

First of all, it is needed to make a selection. Next, this selection can be saved using the option Save selection into database

In this dialog box, it is possible to adapt the selection, to add comments and to even ... more

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