Sigma-X

STRAP is the most comprehensive structural analysis, design and detailing packages on the market today. It has been used to design the world's most prestigious structures by organisations such as Buro Happold, WSP, Jacobs and Mott MacDonald. The UK's leading Engineers use STRAP to design the most prestigious structures worldwide. From the Dartford crossing to the second Tagus crossing in Portugal, from Riyadh to Hong Kong, STRAP has been used on many of the world's major bridge projects.

STRAP is suitable for frames, towers, tanks, bridges, domes and just about any elastic structure. STRAP designs in reinforced concrete and steel to most codes of practise. For the engineer interested in dynamic effects, STRAP also includes modules for modal analysis, seismic response spectra calculations according to many codes and time-history response calculations. STRAP comes with design modules for designing reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete and hot-rolled and cold-formed structural steel structures.

STRAP uses graphical input for the generation of models and loads. Every drawing on the screen can be printed, imported into other documents, or (through DXF) into drawings. Complete analysis and design can be performed for any structure without ever referring to joint or beam numbers. Load combinations can be created after analysis is performed. Combinations can be changed instantly without solving the model again.

The learning curve for using STRAP is practically non-existent. The program's flow is like the analysis and design process performed by hand. During the execution of every action the prompt line at the bottom of the screen guides you. Combine this with the context-sensitive Help and you can understand why many of our users do not even know where their STRAP manual is.

STRAP which is very competatively priced will meet all structural analysis needs whilst still being easy to use. It will analyse and design just about any structure you can think of. Users in an independent survey gave STRAP a remarkable 9.5 out of 10 for ease of use.

STRAP can be purchased directly from Sigma-X. The sales process typically involves Sigma-X discussing the technical requirement with the purchaser over the telephone and/or by email.

Licence Options

STRAP can be purchased as a local or a network licence. All STRAP licences are secured by a hard lock (dongle).

STRAP licences are sold in perpetuity however we strongly recommend keeping licences maintenanced as major STRAP upgrades are issued annually.

How to Purchase

All purchases are initiated by telephone or email to Sigma-X. We issue a pro forma invoice and then upon approval an invoice. As we do not give credit we issue a receipt and dispatch the software upon receipt of payment.

Customers may purchase STRAP in Sterling or Euro using bacs, online banking, PayPal or by debit/credit card. Sigma-X banking details are written on our invoices. All sales outside of the Ireland are VAT free if the purchaser provides a VAT number.

Annual Maintenance

Maintenance is charged annually at 15% of the current price of the licenced software. Maintenance entitles the customer to technical support, upgrades and updates of STRAP software.

As STRAP releases a major upgrade annually it is strongly recommended that customers keep their software maintained. Also to comply with quality management systems it is a standard requirement to keep software maintained.

Price List

The prices listed are for the first local licence of STRAP software. The price of the first network licence is 150% of the prices listed. Additional local and network licences are discounted.

STRAP Structural Engineering Analysis Products

Product Description Price
Strap 3D Frame Standard

Advanced structural engineering analysis of space frame structures of up to 1000 nodes.

Extending to 2500 nodes costs an additional £200.

 £995
Strap 3D Frame Professional

Advanced structural engineering analysis of space frame structures of up to one million nodes.

 £1995
Strap FE Standard

Advanced structural engineering finite element analysis of beam and plate structures of up to 1000 nodes.

Extending to 2500 nodes costs an additional £200.

 £1495
STRAP FE Professional Advanced structural engineering finite element analysis of beam and plate structures of up to one million nodes. £2995

STRAP Structural Engineering Analysis Modules

Module Description Price
STRAP Cross Section

Section property calculator which determines the properties of arbitary shaped cross sections for use in STRAP FE analysis models.

 £495

STRAP Structural Engineering Design Modules

Module Description Price
STRAP Steel Designer Structural steel design in accordance with major codes of practise including EuroCode3 and BS5950. £695
STRAP STRAP Concrete Designer Structural reinforce concrete design in accordance with major codes of practise including EuroCode2 and BS8110. £695
STRAP Composite Designer

Analysis and design structures with composite steel and concrete sections in accordance with major codes of practise including EuroCode2 and BS8110.

This module requires STRAP Steel Designer to run.

 £695
STRAP Cold Formed Designer

Design light guage/cold formed steel structures in accordance with major codes of practise including EuroCode3 and BS5950-5.

This module requires STRAP Steel Designer to run.

 £695
STRAP Connection Designer

Design steel connections in accordance with major codes of practise including EuroCode3 and BS5950.

This module requires STRAP Steel Designer to run.

 £695
BeamD Designer

Comprehensive reinforced concrete beam design and detailer to all major codes of practise.

This product was previously called BeamD.

 £1995
STRAP Sway Optimisation

Design for second order effects caused by lateral loadings in accordance with major codes of practise including EuroCode2 and BS8110.

This module requires STRAP Steel Designer to run.

 £495
STRAP Foundation

Tool for integrating foundation design in accordance with major codes of practise in STRAP FE analysis models.

 £495

STRAP Structural Engineering Bridge Modules

Product Description Price
STRAP Bridge Vehicle Loading

Determines the vehicle arrangement for bridge loading in accordance with major codes of practise for use in STRAP FE.

 £995
STRAP Post Tension Designer

Designs the post tensioning in accordance with major codes of practise of structures analysed in STRAP FE.

 £1995

STRAP Structural Engineering Dynamics Modules

Product Description Price
STRAP Dynamics Frequency and Modes

Determines the natural frequencies and mode shapes of structures analysed in STRAP FE.

 £495
STRAP Dynamics Seismic Response

Determines the seismic structures in accordance with major codes of practise of structures analysed in STRAP FE.

This module requires the STRAP Dynamics Frequency and Modes module to run.

 £495
STRAP Dynamics Forced Vibration

Determines the vibration response of structures in the time domain in accordance with major codes of practise of structures analysed in STRAP FE.

This module requires the STRAP Dynamics Frequency and Modes module to run.

 £495

STRAP Structural Engineering Detailing Modules

Product Description Price
STRAP DXF

Tool for converting 3D AutoCAD dxf format files to the geometry layer for use in STRAP FE analysis models.

 £495
AutoSTRAP

Advanced tool for converting AutoCAD files to the geometry layer for use in STRAP FE analysis models.

 £795
BARPLT Reinforced Concrete Detailer

Details the structural reinforcement for beams and columns analysed in STRAP FE.

This module requires STRAP Concrete Designer to run.

 £895
STRAP Reinforced Concrete Slab Detailer

Details the structural reinforcement for slabs, walls and columns analysed in STRAP FE.

This module requires STRAP Concrete Designer to run.

 £895
STRAP Detailer

Detailing and scheduling of designs performed in STRAP FE.

 £1995

STRAP has been used on many prestigious projects worldwide. The range of analysis and design functionality in STRAP is second to none thereby allowing engineers to design structures from the simpliest to the very complicated.

Many designs are performed annually using STRAP and a percentage of these make the headlines. As a consequence STRAP continues to be used on some of the worlds most prestigious structural engineering projects.

Gallery

Many thanks to the architects for permission to reproduce photographs of just a few of their many world famous projects.



The demos are screen recordings of the development of STRAP models from conception to completion.

The demos show how easy STRAP is to use and how productive this powerful structural engineering analysis and design tool is.

Demos

The demos have sound tracks.


The STRAP Evaluation version is availble to prospects who are interested in using the software.

All eligable evaluators will be emailed a link to download the software together with installation instructions. When the evaluation is complete we will contact you by email to ask how you got on.

Evaluator Details








Evaluation Details

Evaluation duration is 30 days

Installation instructions on email

Evaluate all STRAP functionality

Evaluation on local machine

Evaluation download 312MB

Evaluation not for commericial use

STRAP runs on Windows operating systems

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