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SkyCiv Documentation
Your guide to SkyCiv software - tutorials, how-to guides and technical articles
Tutorials
- Getting Started
- SkyCiv Beam
- SkyCiv Structural 3D
- SkyCiv Section Builder
- SkyCiv RC Design
- SkyCiv Member Design
- SkyCiv Load Generator
- Introduction to SkyCiv Load Generator
- Wind Loads
- Wind Speed Map
- AS/NZS 1170.2 (2021) Wind Load Calculations
- ASCE 7 Wind Load Calculations for Buildings
- ASCE 7-22 Wind Load Calculations
- EN 1991 Wind Load Calculations (Buildings)
- NBCC 2015 Wind Load Calculations
- IS 875 Wind Load Calculations
- NSCP 2015 Wind Load Calculations
- CFE Wind Load Calculations (for Mexico)
- SANS 10160 Wind Load Calculations
- ASCE 7 Wind Load Calculations (Freestanding Wall/Solid Signs)
- EN 1991 Wind Load Calculations (Signboards)
- ASCE 7-16 Wind Load Calculations (Solar Panels)
- AS/NZS 1170.2 (2021) Wind Load Calculations (Solar Panels)
- ASCE 7 Wind Load Calculation Examples for Open Frames/Signs
- ASCE 7 Wind Load Calculations for Circular Bins, Tanks, and Silos
- AS/NZS 1170.2 (2021) Wind Load Calculations for Circular Bins, Tanks, and Silos
- Wind Speed Map by Zip Code
- Effects of Topography on Wind Load
- Integrated Wind Load in SkyCiv S3D
- Site Analysis for Wind Load Calculations
- NBCC 2015 and NBCC 2020 CpCg Values
- CTE DB-SE Wind Load Calculations for Buildings
- How to Determine Terrain Category for Wind Load Calculations
- Snow Loads
- Seismic Loads
- SkyCiv Foundation
- Introduction to SkyCiv Foundation
- Isolated Footings
- Introduction
- User Manual
- Eccentric Footings
- SkyCiv Foundation – Verification
- AS3600 Design Example | Linking Superstructure reaction to the module
- Technical Documentation
- How to Design Spread Footings
- Pressure Distribution Under a Rectangular Concrete Footing
- ACI 318: Development Length Check Guide
- AS 3600: Development Length Check Guide
- CSA A23.3: Development Length Calculation Guide
- EN 1992: Anchorage Length Calculation Guide
- Piles
- Combined Foundation
- Example Foundation Project Walkthrough
- SkyCiv Connection Design
- SkyCiv Base Plate Design
- Introduction to Base Plate Design
- Getting Started
- Base Plate Design Examples for Axial Compression
- Base Plate Design Examples for Axial Tension
- Base Plate Design Examples for Shear
- Base Plate Design Examples for Compression and Shear
- Base Plate Design Example for Tension and Shear
- v1 Documentation
- Getting Started with SkyCiv Base Plate Design
- AISC Steel Base Plate Design Example
- Steel Base Plate Design Australian Code Example
- Steel Base Plate Design Example Eurocode
- AISC & ACI Steel Base Plate and Anchor Rod Verification
- AISC Shear Lug
- AISC Steel Base Plate Seismic Design
- NSCP 2015 Steel Base Plate Design
- SkyCiv Retaining Wall
- Getting Started
- Verification pages
- Articles and Tutorials
- Types of Retaining Wall
- Retaining Wall Design Process
- Wall Footing Stability Checks
- Coefficient of Friction for Retaining Wall Design
- Lateral Earth Pressure for Retaining Wall Design
- Lateral Earth Pressure due to Surcharge Loads
- How to Calculate Overturning Moment
- Retaining Wall Sliding Calculation Example
- Retaining wall design checks as per ACI 318
- Detailed Shell FEA
- Beam and Member Shell FEA – Getting Started
- Modelling and Meshing
- Materials, Loading and Constrains
- Analysis and Results
- Verification
- Tutorials (Beam Shell FEA)
- Design Example 1: Beam with Web Openings & Stiffeners (Linear Analysis)
- Design Example 2: Beam with Web Openings & Stiffeners (Nonlinear Analysis)
- Example 3. Steel Column Buckling Analysis with Influence of Residual Stress
- Example 4. Load-amplitude Sequence for Member Loading
- Example 5. Compression-only Springs for Contact Analysis
- Tutorials (Member Shell FEA)
- SkyCiv API
- TechNotes
- Structural 3D
- Grouping and Visibility Settings in SkyCiv 3D
- TechTip: How to Model a Hinge
- TechTip: Preparing your Revit Model for Exporting to S3D
- Column Buckling
- Modelling Stacked Beams
- Moment Frame Design Using SkyCiv (AISC 360-10)
- Exporting to Revit
- Importing 3D DXF
- Importing a Revit Model
- Higher Order FEM Verification
- TechTip: SketchUp to S3D
- Modeling a Hip Roof
- TechTip: How to Model Eccentric Loads with Rigid Links
- Static Determinacy, Indeterminacy, and Instability
- Orthotropic Plates: Theory and Examples
- Response Spectrum Analysis: A Building Example
- Response Spectrum Analysis: Modal Combination Methods
- LRFD vs ASD
- Response Spectrum Analysis: Plates
- Semi-fixed members – theory and usage
- How to Import a DWG File into SkyCiv
- FE Plate Model Area Loads
- Load Combinations
- Loading
- Calculating Roof Snow Loads w/ ASCE 7-10
- How to Apply Eccentric Point Load in Structural 3D
- How to Calculate and Apply Roof Snow Drift Loads w/ ASCE 7-10
- AS/NZS 1170.2 Wind Load Calculation Example
- ASCE 7-10 Wind Load Calculation Example
- EN 1991-1-4 Wind Load Calculation Example
- NBCC 2015 Snow Load Calculation Example
- ASCE 7-16 Wind Load Calculation Example for L-shaped Building
- IS 875-3 Wind Load Calculation Example
- Wind and Snow Loads for Ground Solar Panels – ASCE 7-16
- Wind Load Calculation for Signs – EN 1991
- ASCE 7-16 Seismic Load Calculation Example Using Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure
- S3D Verification Models
- S3D Plate Verification Models
- Rectangular Plate Bending – Pinned at Edges
- Rectangular Plate Bending – Pinned at Corners
- Rectangular Plate Bending – Fixed at Edges
- Rectangular Plate Bending – Fixed at Corners
- Cantilever Membrane
- 90 Degree Angle Cantilever Plate with Pressures
- Plate with Stiffener Members
- Slab on Risers
- Hemispherical shell under concentrated loads
- Stress concentration around a hole in a square plate
- Other
- Structural 3D
- Tutorials
- Beam Tutorials
- What is a Beam?
- Types of Beams
- A Complete Guide to Cantilever Beam | Deflections and Moments
- Beam Deflection: Definition, Formula, and Examples
- What is Bending Moment?
- Bending Moment Formula and Equations
- How to Calculate Bending Moment Diagrams?
- Calculating Shear Force Diagrams
- How to Determine the Reactions at the Supports?
- How to Calculate an Indeterminate Beam?
- Types of Supports in Structural Analysis
- Truss Tutorials
- Section Tutorials
- Stress Tutorials
- Reinforced Concrete Tutorials
- Connection Design Tutorials
- Foundation Design Tutorials
- Equations and Summaries
- Featured Projects
- Load Tutorials
- Beam Tutorials
- Education
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