📄️ Installing and running the software
A valid subscription plan—Trial, Educational, or part of a paid subscription—is required to use the software. A Consteel account is also needed to install Consteel, access the installer files, and use the online services included in your subscription plan. You can create your Consteel account on our website.
📄️ The main window
The Consteel window consists of seven separate parts containing different functionalities.
📄️ General structure of dialogue windows
Several dialogue windows – especially the most important ones on the Structural members and Loads tabs – show the same structure in order to make the orientation in the labyrinth of tools and functions easy. The usual parts of these dialogues are described below:
📄️ General functions for tables
Basically, there are two types of tables in Consteel: the input tables and the output tables. Since tables are usually for working with a large amount of data, both table types have special features making the data managing more comfortable.
📄️ Hot keys
The hot keys can significantly speed up the modeling work. Consteel provides the following pre-defined hot keys: