csJoint

csJoint, developed by KESZ Ltd., emerges as an impressive solution for professionals in structural connection design. The latest version, 9.0.7, enhances its user-centric approach, providing a streamlined experience for designing and verifying joints within a 3D Design environment. It's straightforward to download, and due to its free demo license, users can explore its features before making a purchase.

One can rapidly identify and define joints either in isolation or based on a global model via the automatic joint identification tool. Joints prepared within csJoint can be seamlessly integrated into different parts of the global model, ensuring that every placed joint is automatically rechecked and updated for connection stiffness according to current analysis results.

Noteworthy features that distinguish csJoint include its intuitive graphical user interface, a vast array of connection types, and automatic calculation, eliminating the tedious process of manual updates. It also offers bolt layout suggestions and automatic weld size optimization, which are invaluable for precision and efficiency. Users can customize connections swiftly, thanks to a user configuration file, accompanied by powerful documentation and export options to Tekla Structures. More

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