Fastrak Building Designer Limited Edition (LE) is the code-based, multi-material building software for small businesses.
Developed by leading software provider, CSC, Fastrak Building Designer LE enables structural engineers to design complete 3D buildings with ease, and without the need to invest in expensive software.
Join 1000s of engineers worldwide and choose Fastrak Building Designer LE
- Design simple or complex buildings with speed and ease.
- Manage changes quickly and reduce your business overheads.
- Provide true Value Engineering for your client.
- Maximise your productivity by using powerful features (listed below).
- Receive professional advice and support from our UK technical support team.
Product Features
Modelling features
- Rapid and intuitive creation of any structure using simple 2D or 3D views
- Use grid lines and levels to quickly set out structure
- Import DXF drawings to automatically create grid lines
- Import architects' DXF plans in order to 'trace' set out
- Create objects - beams, columns, slabs are intelligent design objects not analytical 'wires'
- Model any material including steel, concrete, timber, cold rolled etc
- Model any complexity of structure including complex roof structures, trusses etc
- Provide stability via bracing, moment frames, shear walls or masonry walls
- Automatic modelling of floor diaphragms where required
- Automatic composite beam design if required with metal decking or precast planks
- Curved members can be modelled with ease
- Import 3D models from Autodesk Revit Structure or other industry standard formats
Loading features
- Automatic wind loading and zoning for entire model to BS and Eurocode
- Apply loads to structure as floor loads, area loads, line loads, patch loads and point loads
- Loading automatically decomposed to structural members
- Automatic calculation of self weight of structure and floors
- Variable area loads for roof snow drift loads
- Automatic building perimeter load for cladding and walls
- Automatic calculation of notional horizontal forces to BS and Eurocode
- Automatic imposed load reductions
- Automatic creation of load combinations
Analysis and design features
- Complete control over design process and design codes used
- Value Engineering your design by quickly considering a range of design options
- Automatic design and optimisation of all steelwork to BS and Eurocode
- Use rolled sections, plated sections, Westok beams, Fabsec beams, ASBs or Slimflor beams
- Automatic composite beam design
- Design of web service penetrations, either with or without local stiffening
- Automatic sway stability assessment
- Floor vibration assessment to SCI P354
- Elastic analysis, kamp or true P-Delta analysis performed as required
- Optional design of simple connections, moment connections and base plates
Output features
- Concise and controllable design reports in Microsoft Word or PDF format
- Detailed GA drawings of plans and sections in DXF layered format
- Beam end reactions and base reactions in Microsoft Excel format or on DXF drawings
- Bracing forces and shear wall forces in Microsoft Excel format
- Material lists including tonnage, surface area, volume concrete, area of flooring etc
- Comprehensive DXF output of connections for detailing purposes
- 3D model integrates directly with Autodesk Revit Structure
- 3D model exports to SDNF (Steel Detailing Neutral File), S-Frame, STAAD and SAP format
CSC is a market leading software developer
CSC is a major international structural engineering software business. We have developed market leading software solutions for over 40 years.
Our software products, including Fastrak, Orion, TEDDS and S-Frame are developed by structural engineers who understand your market. We ensure that regular updates to our software are made available in a seamless manner, to ensure you have the most up-to-date software solution.
NEW - Eurocodes are now included!
You can be confident our Eurocode design is second-to-none because CSC's Chief Engineer sits on a number of committees associated with the implementation of the Eurocodes.
CSC has been ahead of the game when it comes to Research and Development into Eurocode software - draft Eurocode versions of Fastrak were available over 10 years ago.
