Product Suites

Sweet Benefits

IES offers three bundled product options with these advantages.

A 15-25% discount up front, see the order form
One license key to activate
One annual payment for all products

Practical Installation

Except for the Quick Suite, all products are downloaded, installed, and updated separately. You can do this easily with the free IES Updater utility.

The IES Suites

Total Suite

Every IES product, including the advanced level of VisualAnalysis. If we add a new product, and your license is active, you get that too.

Building Suite

Our most popular and versatile products for the analysis and design of buildings and other structures.

VisualAnalysis Advanced: frames, trusses
VisualFoundation: foundations, pile caps
ShapeBuilder: custom members
VAConnect: steel connections

Quick Suite

Practical, economical, and specific tools for detailed design of concrete and masonry components.

QuickRWall: retaining walls, propped walls
QuickFooting: spread column footings
QuickMasonry: walls, lintels, pilasters
QuickConcreteWall: shear walls

IES Product Integration

IES products play nicely with Windows and can export graphics to the clipboard, or text reports to various file formats like PDF, text, or Excel. They can also work together in the following ways.

VisualAnalysis

Import/Export model geometry with CAD (DXF or DWG)
Model member elements using shapes from ShapeBuilder
Exports column and wall loads to VisualFoundation
Exports column loads to QuickFooting
Exports connection forces to VAConnect, for base plate or shear tab
BIM Import model, export member sizes through VA Revit Link
Import models from VisualFoundation, ConcreteBending, or VisualPlate
Used custom cold-formed shapes from RSG Software's CFS

ShapeBuilder

Imports/Exports shape geometry with CAD, STEP/IGES, Text
Exports custom shapes as member elements in VisualAnalysis
Customize the IES shape database

VisualFoundation

Imports/Exports model geometry with CAD
Exports column loads to VAConnect, for steel base plate design