Tutorials
Step-by-step tutorials
Practical walkthroughs of ILX Structures, each one a complete small project. Follow them in order the first time; each one also stands on its own. Start a free 30-day trial to follow along.
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Your first frame
Set up a project, draw a two-story steel frame on grid lines and story levels, give it sections and supports, run it, and read the results.
Beginner · about 20 minutes
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Loads and load combinations
Create dead, live, snow and wind load cases, apply member, area and point loads, generate wind and snow loads to ASCE 7-22, and make the LRFD and ASD combinations.
Beginner · about 20 minutes
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Seismic: equivalent lateral force and response spectrum
Look up the site's seismic design values, apply equivalent lateral forces, run a modal analysis and a response spectrum analysis scaled as ASCE 7-22 requires, and check story drift.
Intermediate · about 30 minutes
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Member design and optimisation
Check every steel member to AISC 360-16, read the governing check and its clause, let the optimiser find lighter sections, and design concrete and wood members.
Intermediate · about 25 minutes
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Plates and shells: slabs and walls
Add a slab and a shear wall as plate elements, mesh them, load the slab, and read deflections, plate contours and the total forces across a section cut.
Intermediate · about 25 minutes
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Pushover analysis
Assign plastic hinges to ASCE 41-23 and AISC 342-22, push the frame to its target displacement, and read the capacity curve and the hinge states.
Advanced · about 30 minutes
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Reports and hand-off
Set your title block once, print the calculation report, download the results tables, and send member forces to ILX Connection and ILX Calcs.
Beginner · about 15 minutes
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