Products Overview

Most IES products work as stand-alone tools.  There are some limited ways that our products work together or with other non-IES products.

VisualAnalysis can use custom shapes from ShapeBuilder and can extend or validate projects created in AnalysisGroup or VisualFoundation.  VisualAnalysis can export nodal reactions to QuickFooting for the design of spread footings.  Through the optional VARevitLink, VisualAnalysis can perform analysis and design for Autodesk Revit Structure projects.

ShapeBuilder can export custom shapes to the IES shape database used by AnalysisGroup, ShapeBuilder, and VisualFoundation.  ShapeBuilder also acts as a bridge between RSG Software's CFS product for importing custom cold-formed steel shapes into VisualAnalysis for design.

AnalysisGroup can export a project file to VisualAnalysis for additional, more complex analysis, or for validation.

QuickFooting can import results from VisualAnalysis to work as loads in the design of spread footings.

VisualFoundation can export a project file to VisualAnalysis for additional, more complex analysis, or for validation.  With VisualAnalysis 6.5 and above, VisualFoundation and VisualAnalysis can work together to integrate the building design with the foundation design.

VARevitLink acts between VisualAnalysis and Autodesk Revit Structure, by importing and exporting VisualAnalysis project files within Revit.

  VisualAnalysis can utilize RSG Software's CFS shapes for cold-formed design (through ShapeBuilder's database import).  VisualAnalysis can also read classic STAAD project (.std) files, Autodesk data exchange format (.dxf) files, Steel Detailing Neutral Format (.sdnf) files or import/export data through the Windows Clipboard.

ShapeBuilder can import shape outline or centerline data from the clipboard or from an Autodesk (.dxf) file.

Yes.  With a single-user license, the licensed person is allowed to access the software on up to 3 machines (e.g. work, home, laptop).  Transferring your software to another machine when you get a new PC is easy, just download and install on your new machine.  With network licensing, you can access the software from any machine that can view the network license server machine either through the LAN or via VPN. See more in Licensing.

No. We use a software-based key that is flexible and easy to use.

No, but most products have PDF user's guides and/or tutorials that you may print.  Our goal is to produce products that do not require manuals or tutorials in the first place. We have not achieved this goal yet and so various forms of help are available built-in to the software through the Help menu and available on this site.