Suspension Bridge Hanger Installation in SOFiSTiK
This video shows how to insert bridge hangers force-free in SOFiSTiK using CSM optimization and staged construction, ensuring a straight deck and realistic construction behavior at traffic opening.
Understanding Geometric Stiffness in Tensioned Beam Models
Replacing a tension cable with a coupling can remove geometric stiffness, triggering negative stiffness warnings and instability in ASE.
SOFiSTiK 2026 Online Event – Recordings
In a series of focused sessions, you’ll discover key innovations that simplify and connect your daily engineering workflows — from bridges and infrastructure to buildings — all seamlessly integrated within a modern BIM environment.
Life Cycle Assessment Task
As the construction industry continues to grapple with the urgent need for more sustainable practices, tools like life cycle assessment (LCA) have become increasingly crucial. SOFiSTiK, a leading structural analysis and design software, has recognised this importance and introduced the LCA Task in its 2025 release. In this comprehensive blog…
More Than Bridges: How SBIM is Reshaping Infrastructure in Revit
In this detailed walkthrough, we explore how SBIM enables axis-based modelling, parametric geometry creation, and automated sheet production for bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, and more. Whether you’re managing complex alignments or detailing reinforcement, this plugin streamlines the entire workflow — all natively within Revit.
CSM Optimization Tips for Bridge Design
In this video, Jürgen Bellmann walks you through a simple yet powerful workflow for optimizing cable forces in a footbridge model using the Construction Stage Manager.
Impossible targets for force optimization
In this video, Jürgen Bellmann, SOFiSTiK AG, explains the complex, problematic situation of a nonlinear calculation of cable-stayed bridges.
Parametric Modelling – Curves between Reference Lines
This tutorial focuses on the “Curves between Reference Lines” feature in SOFiPLUS Parametrics, which enables the quick and efficient creation of linear SOFiPLUS elements between predefined reference lines.
The New Tendon Manager in SOFiSTiK 2025
The videos below focus on the “Tendon Manager” in the SOFiPLUS 2025 Prestressing Tab. The feature enables a quick and efficient overview of the graphically created Tendons in SOFiPLUS.
Eigenstress in Hot Rolled Profiles
In this tutorial, Jürgen Bellmann from SOFiSTiK demonstrates the detailed analysis of a simple steel girder, focusing on lateral buckling and considering the Eigenstresses
