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Eurocode Rollout Event

From 1st April until 30th June 2010 we're rolling out FREE and substantially discounted Eurocode upgrades to existing customers. If you're a GTS customer and you've not received details, please email support@gtscad.com.

If you're not yet a customer, you can still benefit from this promotion. Just email sales@gtscad.com for details.

Please note our sales and support HOTLINE number which has advanced routing facilities to ensure you always get the best possible service.

08456 250559

Calls to this number receive priority attention and are charged at local rate (5p /minute from a BT line).

Not many people use fax nowadays but we've also introduced a new fax number. Orders should be faxed to 08456 250221.

Launched on the 1st April 2010, STRAP 2010 features a bright new user interface and a whole range of new element types including ribbed, voided and waffle slabs. Together with previous enhancements including pre-stressed floors and cellular/castellated beams, this equips the designer to handle virtually any modern environmentally friendly building technique. STRAP 2010 also has improved connectivity to CAD and improved results output including RC slab drafting and scheduling.

STRAP 2010 is fully Eurocode compliant and during the UK Eurocode Roll-out event from April to June 2010, maintained users may swap to the Eurocodes FREE or purchase them as additional code modules at a substantial discount. For full details please contact support@gtscad.com.

There are also many detailed enhancements to the main STRAP Package. Please see below for a full list.

STRAP V2010 enhancement List

STRAP Product Information

Latest Eurocode News (April 2010)

The Eurocodes became the UK's official design standards on 1st April 2010. Virtually all of our software is now Eurocode compliant and maintained users will get free or substantially discounted upgrades during our Roll-out event. Official roll-out event versions are:-

STRAP v2010 - available now

BEAMD v2010 - available now

QUIKFRAME xp v7.61 - EC3 available now

QUIKPORT xp v6.62 - available now

QUIKJOINT xp v7.31 - available now

QUIKBEAM xp v4.01 - available now

quikEC3 v1.03 - available now

GEO5.11 - available May/June 2010

Design code options are configured within the software, apart from MERLIN and quikEC3 which are two distinctly separate programs. Users upgrading to the Eurocode options will retain the un-maintained use of the British design codes for the foreseeable future. Note that all software caters for the use of multiple National Annexes

To ease the transition to the Eurocodes, why not buy a copy of the quikEC3 steel section calculator now for just £75 + vat It really is an excellent training program and a useful tool thereafter. See below for full details.

An ideal training tool for the forthcoming introduction of EN 1993-1-1 (EC3), quikEC3 is a very useful 'electronic blue book' which can calculate properties, section classifications and structural capacities for a wide range of section shapes, using EC3 terminology. A database of all major worldwide steel sections is included but custom tables are easily built for non-standard sections.

In addition, the program calculates the following:

Section classifications for axial, y bending, z bending : (for non-symmetrical sections, classification is carried out for either top, bottom, left or right of section in compression depending upon section orientation).

Calculation of effective section properties for class4 (slender) sections including any shift in neutral axis.

Section capacity checks: axial tension, axial compression, moment, low shear, high shear, moment and shear, moment with axial, moment axial and shear for both Y and Z axis bending. Class1, 2, 3 and 4 (slender) sections are covered.

Combined axial, X moment and Y moment capacity checks.

Download this innovative program now and try it free for up to thirty days (registration required).

Buy it for just £75 + vat (Special Offer) HERE or by calling 08456 250559 with your credit card details for immediate unlock code.

Introductory Video [wmv]

Program Datasheet [PDF]

Sample calculations [PDF]

Download free evaluation copy

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Eurocode Introductory Videos

Introductory videos for quikEC3, QUIKFRAME xp and QUIKPORT xp. Note that the screen resolution has been reduced for faster downloads.

quikEC3 - general introduction to the program and EC3 calculations

QUIKFRAME xp - general introduction to EC3 calculations