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Choose Your Role and Start with CBFEM

Design, learn, or study steel connections based on real structural behavior

Who are you?

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I'm an Engineer

Speed up your daily connection design with full control over internal forces, code checks, and realistic analysis.

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I'm a Student

Learn how real steel joints behave and gain practical skills that prepare you for a future in structural engineering.

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I'm a Teacher or Researcher

Use ready-made lectures, models, and research-proven methods to teach or explore connection behavior in depth.

Engineers

Design and verify steel connections with clarity and confidence

 

IDEA StatiCa is the industry-trusted software that lets you model, analyze, and check steel connections using the CBFEM method, based on real structural behavior.
Integrated into both IDEA StatiCa and HILTI PROFIS Engineering, the CBFEM solver enables fast, reliable code-checks for virtually any steel connection.
With full control over internal forces, stiffness, and failure modes, you’ll stay compliant with EN, AISC, and other design codes – while significantly reducing design time.

Benefits:

  • 14-day free trial of IDEA StatiCa

  • Design any joint, from simple to complex

  • Visual checks of forces, stiffness, and failures

  • Based on the CBFEM method developed with universities

Students

Learn how steel connections behave in real structures

 

Steel joint design can be hard to grasp through textbooks alone. With the free EDU license of IDEA StatiCa, you get hands-on experience with connection design based on the CBFEM method, used by professionals worldwide.

Learn how forces flow through joints, where critical stresses appear, and how stiffness affects structural behavior – all through visual and interactive analysis. Whether you're working on coursework or your final thesis, you'll build practical skills using the same software trusted by engineering firms and universities alike.

Benefits:

  • Free 12-month student license

  • Learn visually how forces travel through joints

  • Use for school projects, theses, and personal learning

  • Practice with a method developed in cooperation with universities

Teachers and Researches

Teachers and Researchers

Bring real behavior into your classroom or research

CBFEM originated from a joint research project of universities and software developers. Now integrated into IDEA StatiCa, it helps educators teach steel joint design more clearly, and researchers analyze complex connection behavior. We provide a full set of lectures, models, and examples to save your time and support your teaching goals.

Benefits:

  • Download ready-made lectures and slides

  • Use verified models in class or research

  • Link theoretical knowledge with design practice

  • Access advanced tools used in industry

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