SOFiSTiK AG
Stand E01
SOFiSTiK is Europe’s leading manufacturer of construction software for analysis, design, and detailing. Over 2,000 customers worldwide use the company’s solutions to build large and complex infrastructure and buildings or implement special projects. These include the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul and the new Leverkusen Bridge spanning the Rhine.
Products
Bridge + Infrastructure Modeler
The only solution for BIM design of bridges and tunnels in Autodesk® Revit®
The SOFiSTiK Bridge + Infrastructure Modeler is your powerful extension for Autodesk® Revit® for modeling axis-based, parametric bridge and tunnel structures in 3D. Especially in the early design phases, engineers benefit from the comprehensive functionalities for complete and efficient design
in the fields of bridge and tunnel construction. The superior parametric technology combined with the adaptability to local and company standards and flexible exchange formats make the SOFiSTiK Bridge + Infrastructure Modeler (SBIM)
your ideal BIM solution for safe, fast and open design and modeling of bridges and tunnels in Revit®.
Rhinoceros / Grasshopper Interface
Interfaces to the versatile NURBS-based 3D-Modeler Rhinoceros from Robert McNeel & Associates as well as the integrated visual scripting editor Grasshopper open the door for the definition of fully parametric analysis models of any kind of geometrical shape. Combined with the powerful mesh generation capabilities in SOFiSTiK, the Rhino/Grasshopper interfaces are the perfect complement to the analysis of complex 3D geometries.
The interfaces give access to the comprehensive set of tools available in the Rhino/Grasshopper world, allowing to connect structural analysis workflows with other workflows provided there. As an example, with Rhino 7 now providing an interface to Autodesk Revit with their Rhino.Inside Toolkit, a once defined model in Grasshopper can be likewise transferred to SOFiSTiK for analysis as well as to Revit for drawings and further detailing. Grasshopper serves as the ‘single source of truth’ for an integration of analysis into a general BIM-workflow.
3D FEM ultimate/ultimate 50
The high-end packages for structural engineering
The 3D FEM ultimate and ultimate 50 packages provide all the tools for modern structural analysis in civil engineering and bridge design. In addition to the graphical input capability by the AutoCAD® add-on SOFiPLUS, the parametric axis - related graphical modeling CABD or the Master-cross section which allows any cross sectional profile, can be used.
The usage of Pre- and post-tensioned beam- and shell-elements, along with the ULS and SLS design and stress checks offer the capability of project analysis of prestressed concrete and composite systems. Full geometrically nonlinear analysis (Theory of 3rd order) gives the possibility for cable and shell buckling calculations. Traffic load calculation with influence line method and a large library of road and railway loads, is also available to the user. High-end SOFiSTiK technologies such as DYNA for dynamic analysis and HASE for semi-infinite solid simulation can be added optionally.
Ultimate 50 comprises all features from the 3D FEM ultimate package with the limitation to a maximum project size of 50m x 50m x 20m.