SectionCalc FAQ

Question: How long does it take to learn to use SectionCalc?

Step-by-step tutorials are included that get users to learn to use SectionCalc in about ten minutes.

Question: What are the key benefits of SectionCalc?

• Accepts any section defined in any CAD application using lines, arcs, filets, and circles
• Automatically aligns results to centroid
• Automatically detects multiple nested holes and regions
• Automatic verification of section-detection and display of centroid location
• Import DXF (R14) compliant files (all popular CAD applications support this format).
• Export results in Excel CSV (comma separated values) standard format
• User selectable choice of inches, mm, cm, ft, and meter units
• Up to ten (10) decimal places precision (user definable)

Question: What are the fourteen (14) section properties SectionCalc calculates in one step?

• Area
• Centroid location
• Perimeter
• Moments of Inertia (Ixx, Iyy)
• Product of Inertia
• Polar Moments of Inertia
• Distance of neutral axis from extremes (Cx and Cy)
• Radius of gyration (kx and ky)
• Section Modulii (Sx and Sy)

Question: What CAD applications are supported?

SectionCalc is a standalone wizard that works off-line on section profile geometry that are drawn in CAD and saved in the DXF standard file format. Which means SectionCalc can be used in conjunction will all popular CAD applications that save geometry in the DXF standard file format such as Ð AutoCAD, all AutoCAD clones, TurboCAD, DesignCAD, Alibre, Inventor etc.

Question: What are system requirements?

SectionCalc 4.0 can be used in conjunction with all DXF compliant CAD application on any computer running Vista or any 32 or 64-bit version of Windows (2000, XP, 7). Disk requirement is 1 MB.

Question: What about maintenance and support?

Maintenance and web based support are included in the price.