Product Suites
Benefits
IES offers three bundled product options that with a 15-25% discount on the initial purchase price, a single license key to activate and manage, then just one annual payment for maintenance or subscription.
Installation?
Except for the Quick Suite, all products are downloaded and installed separately. Find the suite pricing on the order form.
Total Suite
Everything, including the advanced level of VisualAnalysis. If we add a new product in the future, 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