CYPE Connect Steel is an application for the modelling and design analysis of steel structure connections using the finite element method. This application uses the OpenSees calculation engine.
CYPE Connect Steel imports steel structure nodes from the design models of BIM projects hosted on the BIMserver.center platform. As of version 2021.f, CYPECAD, CYPE 3D and StruBIM CYPE 3D users have the possibility of generating these design models in a BIM project, to which they export, along with other data, the forces in the nodes so that they can be used for designing connections by CYPE Connect Steel.
The program also offers users the chance to create nodes freely. Based on the sections used in the connection, users can model every component defining the connection (plates, bolts, welds, support sections, etc.) and carry out the analyses and checks.
CYPE Connect Steel also works as an integrated tool in StruBIM Steel. More information on how this works can be found in the 2021.f New features for StruBIM Steel.
In its first version, CYPE Connect Steel can design following EAE 2011 and Eurocode standards.
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