Software alternatives

Free alternatives to engineering software

Need the result of a commercial engineering program but not the installation, the licence or the learning curve? Each page below lists the CivilWorks Atelier studios that cover the same kinds of tasks — free, in your browser, with calculation sheets and drawings.

Geotechnical

GEO5 alternativeThe geotechnical design of foundations, piles, retaining walls and slopes, settlement and site investigation data10 matching tasks →LPILE alternativeThe analysis of laterally loaded piles by the p-y (beam on nonlinear springs) method5 matching tasks →PLAXIS alternativeFinite-element analysis of deformation and stability in soil and rock4 matching tasks →Slide2 alternativeTwo-dimensional limit-equilibrium slope stability analysis4 matching tasks →SLOPE/W alternativeLimit-equilibrium slope stability analysis, often used with seepage and stress programs from the same family4 matching tasks →CPeT-IT alternativeThe interpretation of cone penetration tests (and, with companion programs, liquefaction assessment)4 matching tasks →gINT alternativeBorehole logs, geotechnical data management and report production4 matching tasks →WALLAP alternativeThe analysis of embedded retaining walls such as sheet piles and contiguous or secant pile walls4 matching tasks →

Structural

Tedds alternativeStructural and civil engineering calculations with formatted output5 matching tasks →STAAD.Pro alternativeThree-dimensional structural analysis and design of frames and buildings4 matching tasks →SPACE GASS alternativeStructural analysis and design of frames, trusses and buildings4 matching tasks →ETABS alternativeThe analysis and design of multi-storey buildings6 matching tasks →SAP2000 alternativeGeneral-purpose structural analysis and design5 matching tasks →Microstran alternativeFrame analysis and steel member design3 matching tasks →RAPT alternativeThe design of reinforced and post-tensioned concrete beams and slabs4 matching tasks →Limcon alternativeThe design of structural steel connections3 matching tasks →

Calculations

Mathcad alternativeEngineering calculations written in mathematical notation with units, plots and formatted worksheets6 matching tasks →

Hydraulics

HEC-RAS alternativeRiver and open-channel hydraulics5 matching tasks →DRAINS alternativeUrban stormwater drainage design and analysis3 matching tasks →

Drawing

AutoCAD alternativeComputer-aided drafting4 matching tasks →Bluebeam Revu alternativePDF markup, measurement and document review4 matching tasks →

Estimating

CostX alternativeQuantity takeoff and construction cost estimating5 matching tasks →

Bridges

MIDAS Civil alternativeThe analysis and design of bridges, from girder and box-girder bridges to cable-stayed and suspension bridges4 matching tasks →CSiBridge alternativeParametric modelling, analysis and design of bridge structures4 matching tasks →

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