VisualAnalysis Resources

Demonstration Movies

The following are short demonstration movies to help you get a feel for the way VisualAnalysis works. These silent movies should play automatically. If not, then you may need the
Adobe Flash flash player (free).

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  Creating Members: Easy ways to create member elements.
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  Zoom, Rotate, Pan: How to manipulate your view of the model with the mouse.
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  Name Filters & Cut Planes: Isolating part of your model by name or geometrically.
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  Custom View Volumes: Isolating skewed or curved sections of a complex model.
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  Polar Coordinates: Working with circular models, Generate a model, moving nodes.
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  More coming soon...
  

VisualAnalysis 6.0 Tutorials

The following tutorials are installed with VisualAnalysis and available under Help | Quick Start Tutorials. Right-click and choose "Save Target As..." to save them to your machine for future reference.

	Quick Start 2D Modeling 3D Modeling Wood Truss Finding Help Free-Trial Instructions
	Model Basic Modeling Techniques Model/Braced Frame Clipboard Exchange Complex Mesh Generation Cut Planes and Cut Volumes Double Chord Wood Truss File Transfer Generate Copies Generate into an Existing Model Irregular Mat Footing Masonry Wall Multiple Grids Plate Meshing Snap-To and Extend Features Steel Floor System Working with Larger Models
	Load Areas & Area Loads Copying Loads Dynamic Response Generator Elastic Foundation Loading Members Patterned Loading Soil Spring Generator Time History Analysis Wind Load Generator
	Analyze Getting Results Validating Model and Results
	Design ACI Concrete Wall Design ACI Concrete Column Design ACI Concrete Beam Design AISC ASD Beam Design AISC ASD Column Design AISC LRFD Beam Design AISC LRFD Column Design AISC Unbraced Lengths Base Plate Tutorial Cold Formed Design Combined vs Split Members Design Deflection Checks Design Load Cases Glued Laminated Beam Design Wood Timber Beam-Column Design Wood Truss Member Design
	Report Bill of Materials Connection Design Pasting Pictures into Report Report Customization
	Advanced Cable Nets Cables Enveloped Results Moving Loads Result Superposition Rigid Diaphragm Semi-Rigid Connections Spreadsheet Results Time History Analysis

Customer Case Studies

Here are three 'case studies' submitted by IES customers, describing their experiences with VisualAnalysis:

	Milaeger's Garden Center: Quick Estimates Help Owner Reduce Costs
	Concrete Stock Chest Design: A comparison with SAP & RISA
	Rancho Murieta Pedestrian Bridge: Solving Structural Challenges

This type of animation is available from a Result View in VisualAnalysis: