StrucPLUS for Full AutoCAD is a suite of powerful parametric modules that use dialog box driven commands and macros to dramatically enhance the speed and consistency of structural engineering drawings in AutoCAD® or Bricscad.
If you already have full AutoCAD® and want an add-in that will increase productivity and automate structural detailing immediately, StrucPLUS is perfect.
StrucPLUS is the most comprehensive set of tools ever designed for the job and is founded by years of hands-on detail drafting experience. With StrucPLUS you’ll be using the most popular steel, concrete and civil detailing software in the world.
For several decades professional detailers have been maximizing their productivity by using specialized routines that automate tedious and repetitive CAD tasks and ensure accurate and consistent results.
StrucPLUS users typically report a 10x productivity increase over regular AutoCAD alone – Add that time saving up for every drawing over time and you’ll see why StrucPLUS has been the #1 structural plug-in since the 80’s and to this day. The initial cost being recovered sometimes on the first job!
Get good fast The menus and commands are structured in such a way that AutoCAD or BricsCAD users are productive in less than an hour. Each command is either self explanatory or provides a dialog driven menu that you simply complete. A series of self help videos and a good old fashioned printable manual also show you how to use the commands. |
Core Modules
The basic product includes the following modules:
- SPSteelwork – Includes all common steelwork members in section, elevation & plan for North American, Australian, South American, Japanese and British – sections, cleats and connections, steel framing plans and elevations, stairs, schedules and truss elevations. Australian, British, Japanese, North and South American rolled sections are supported.
- SPConcrete – Generates reinforced concrete beam sections & elevations, reinforced concrete columns, footings and pile caps, suspended slab framing plans, precast concrete panels, prestressed tendon layouts & beam elevations, plan and slab section reinforcement, reinforced concrete & masonry retaining walls, slab on ground plan & details, schedules, concrete stairs, concrete and masonry walls, and miscellaneous concrete symbols. This module complies with U.S.A., Australian, British and New Zealand Concrete Codes.
- SPDetailer – The structural steelwork shop detailing module including draft marking plans, holding down bolt layout plans, floor beams, rafters, columns, bracing beams, struts, stairs, handrails, cleats, bracing gussets and automatic material list extraction.
- SPTools – Introduces standardization of the initial drawing setup, easy to edit color, linetype, layer and font configurations, a large suite of drafting utilities, symbols and tools.
- SPCivil – Provides tools to aid in the drafting of pits on plan, drainage lines, pit schedules, batter lines and spot level indicators. A split scale longitudinal section tool complete this module and provides a supplement to the normal structural related tools included in this total application.
- SPConcrete – Generates reinforced concrete beam sections & elevations, reinforced concrete columns, footings and pile caps, suspended slab framing plans, precast concrete panels, prestressed tendon layouts & beam elevations, plan and slab section reinforcement, reinforced concrete & masonry retaining walls, slab on ground plan & details, schedules, concrete stairs, concrete and masonry walls, and miscellaneous concrete symbols. This module complies with U.S.A., Australian, British and New Zealand Concrete Codes.
In Detail
StrucPLUS is a suite of powerful parametric modules that use dialog box driven commands and macros related solely to the preparation of structural drawings.
Commands Include the following:
- Change colour of entity: Change to Red, Change to Yellow, Change to Green, Change to Cyan, Change to Blue, Change to Magenta, Change to White, Change to Gray, Change to Match, Change Layer.
- Change Linetype of Entity: Change to Continuous, Change to Hidden, Change to Center, Change to Dashed, Change to Phantom, Change Layer, Change to Match.
- Concrete Symbols: Break Line, Camber Tag, Concrete Symbol, Grout Hatch, Scabble Line, Slab Tag, Splice Tag, Slab Step, Bar Tag, Dot, Line Reinforcement, Penetration Reinforcement, ReBar, Rectangular Fabric, Square Fabric.
- Drafting Symbols: Break Line, Asterisk, Bar Scale, Center Line, Cirle-Cross, Cloud, Company Logo, Soil, F.F.L. Maker, Grid Bubble, North Point, Project North, Reference Drawings, Revision Triangle, R.L. Marker, Rubble, Spot Level.
- Drawing Tools: Current Offset, Double Current Offset, Add Length, Double Ended Arrow Line, Add Arrow to a Line, Insert Arrow, Double Extent Arrow, Single Extent Arrow.
- Hatch Tools: Close 45 Hatch, Wide 45 Hatch, Closs Cross 45 Hatch, Wide Cross 45 Hatch, Dot Hatch.
- Layer Tools: Pick Current, Pick Layer Off, Freeze a Layer, Thaw all Layers, All Layers On, All Layers Off.
- Pen Pipelines: 0.25 Continuous, 0.25 Hidden, 0.25 Center, 0.25 Dashed, 0.25 Phantom, 0.35 Continuous, 0.35 Hidden, 0.35 Center, 0.35 Dashed, 0.35 Phantom, 0.50 Continuous, 0.50 Hidden, 0.50 Center, 0.50 Dashed, 0.50 Phantom, 0.70 Continuous, 0.70 Hidden, 0.70 Center, 0.70 Dashed, 0.70 Phantom.
- Pen Text: 1.8 Text, 2.5 Text, 3.5 Text, 5.0 Text, 7.0 Text, Edit Text, Add Underline, Angle Text, Shadow Box.
- Section and Detail Callout: Section Flags, Section Bubble, Detail Bubble, Section X-X, Section Tag, Detail Tag.
- Prestress: Layers, Plan Layout, Single Tendon, JCL Tendon Profiler, Edit Offsets, Add Extent Line, Anchorage and Bar Chain Quantities, Count Anchorages, Record Extension Data, Process Extension Data, StrucPLUS Spreadsheet, Tags and Dims, Swap Anchorages, Slab Reinforcement, ReBar Schedule, Live End, Dead End, Coupling, Slab Pocket, Prestressing Help.
- Slides: Beams, Columns, Footings, Framing, Ligatures, Precast Panels, Prestressing, Rebar Tools, Add Ons, Retaining Walls, Slab On Ground, Slab Sections, Stairs, Walls, I Beam Members, Connections, Cleats, Framing.
- SPCivil: Pit Schedule, Pit Sch Notate, Pits on Plan, Drain Line, Fence Line, Batter Lines, Long Section, Spot Level, Northings and Eastings.
- SPDetailer: Material Leader, Edit Material Leader, Extract Material List, Insert Material List, Update Material List, Material List Spreadsheet, Insert Bolt Tag, Insert Dynabolt Tag, Insert TruBolt Tag, Insert Chemset Tag, Insert Generic Tag, Edit Bolt Tag, Make Field Bolt Spreadsheet, Consolidate Field Bolt Spreadsheets, Field Bolt Summary, No Paint Tag, Auto Dimensioning, Item Mark.
- SPDimensions: Linear Dimension, Aligned Dimension, Ordinate Dimension, Radius Dimension, Diameter Dimension, Angular Dimension, Quick Dimension, Baseline Dimension, Continue Dimension, R12 Leader, R13 Leader, Tolerance, Centre Mark, Dimension Edit, Dimension Text Edit, Dimension style, Dimension Update.
- SPGeneral: Numeric Counter, Beam Numbers, Steel Beam Numbers, Door Break, Wall Insulation.
- SPSteel Members: I Beam Members, Channel Members, Angle Members, Tube Members, Pipe Members, Purlin Section, Fascia Purlin Section, Tee Members, Get Member Identity.
- SPTools: Reset Scale, Update Date-Time-Stamp and Print, Title Block Setup, Drawing Sheet Setup, StrucPLUS Help.
- SteelWork Symbol: Bolts, Slotted Hole, Bondek, Condeck, Other Cladding, Stud, Pipe Break, Tube Break, CFW Line, FSBW Line, CFW Section, General Weld Symbols, Resistance Weld Symbols, Weld Site Flag, Weld All Around, Weld TailNote: An online user manual, training tutorial, and installation guide are supplied.
Specs
Installation Requirements
In order to work properly, your copy of StrucPLUS for Full AutoCAD requires BicsCAD and/or
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