SFrame - 3D Structural Analysis Suite
Do you run simple 2D and advanced 3D structural analysis?
S-Frame provides capabilities from simple 2D elastic analysis right through to advanced 3D non-linear analysis, all from the same simple user interface. The S-Frame suite is technically excellent and provides you with total flexibility for all your first principle analysis and design requirements.
A new level of usability to the Structural Engineer
A significant benefit of the S-Frame suite over other general analysis packages is its Windows based, simple user interface for the pre- and post-processing of structural geometry, loading, analysis and results. S-Frame also provides high graphical and analytical performance for large models including floor diaphragms, finite elements, vibration and dynamics.
Business Benefits
- Reduced capital commitment through purchase of a single FEA solution to meet all structural analysis needs.
- Improved model development and visualization for discrete groups.
- Model creation internally, from external CAD packages or from Excel spreadsheets.
- Optimised analysis path through capability to switch from 2D to 3D.
- Access to unlimited number of the 50 node S-Frame Lite for performing small frame analysis jobs.
Who Could Benefit?
All structural engineers carrying out 2D or 3D analysis.
Product Detail
Sframe is available in 3 versions detailed below. All of these come with the same easy-to-use interface. Only the analysis engine options sitting behind the interface change with the different versions.
S-Frame Standard
- Static linear-elastic analysis
- Full FE analysis capability as standard feature
S-Frame Professional
- Buckling analysis
- 'True' P-Delta second-order analysis
- Dynamic analysis (stressed and unstressed Eigen values)
- Time-history analysis (base and nodal excitation)
- Moving load analysis (includes multiple loads on multiple lanes or 3D paths, and influence line diagrams)
- Response spectrum analysis (includes option to scale to code base shear and borrow signs from a dominant mode. Dominant mode can also be extracted and scaled to create statically determined design combinations)
S-Frame Enterprise
Advanced full Newton Raphson non-linear, iterative solver that can be applied to all the above static and dynamic methods. Ideal for the analysis of incremental loading and modeling of:
- True cable elements, including pre-stressing
- Cable nets
- Tension only members
- Compression-only members
- List-off supports
- Capped capacity members
- Non-linear axial springs and torsional springs
- Tension only supports
- Compression only supports
- Non-linear ground springs supporting hook and gap characteristics
- Staged construction
Why Matrix?
Matrix is New Zealand’s oldest provider of CAE software and engineering computing services. Our technical experts understand the analysis needs and advanced modeling techniques required to solve your engineering issues.
Customer Success
CSC has a significant number of clients around the world, from the one man designer to the most familiar names in the industry. Select the case studies link to the right to explore S-Frame customer success stories.
More Information
For more information please select the links to the right or Contact Matrix.