CHECKSTEEL Structural Steel Design Software

CHECKSTEEL is a structural steel design solution to AS 4100 & NZS 3404 to easily calculate the capacity of steel members subject to bending, torsion, shear, bearing, compression, tension and combined actions. It is officially endorsed by InfraBuild (formerly OneSteel).

SCREENSHOTS

CUSTOM SECTIONS

CHECKSTEEL includes several advanced features, including a custom section builder which calculates properties to AS 4100, AS/NZS 3679.1, AS/NZS 3679.2, and AS/NZS 1163, automated bending and compression buckling curve generation, and the ability to add section penetrations.

CUSTOM SECTION	HOT-ROLLED	HEAVILY WELDED	LIGHTLY WELDED	COLD-FORMED	STRESS RELIEVED
Symmetric I-Beams	✔	✔	✔
Taper Flange Beams	✔
Monosymmetric I-Beams	✔	✔	✔
Tees	✔	✔	✔
Parallel Flange Channels	✔	✔	✔
Round Bar	✔
Rectangular Hollow Sections				✔	✔
Square Hollow Sections				✔	✔
Circular Hollow Sections				✔	✔

HISTORICAL SECTION LIBRARY

The historical section library – collated with the assistance of the Australian Steel Institute – contains over 2000 standard steel sections (both metric and imperial) produced and used across Australia and New Zealand during the past 60 years, including BHP/AI&S hot-rolled sections, BHP/AI&S cold-formed sections, OneSteel TubeLine, OneSteel DuraGal, Smorgon DualGrade, and many more. References to source material are included.

CATEGORY	GRADE							MAXIMUM SIZE
CATEGORY	200	230	250	300	350	400	450	MAXIMUM SIZE
Universal Beams		✔	✔	✔	✔			792 UB 291
Universal Columns		✔	✔	✔	✔			423 UC 393
Welded Beams				✔		✔		1200 WB 455
Welded Columns				✔		✔		500 WC 440
Universal Bearing Piles		✔	✔	✔	✔			362 UBP 174
Taper Flange Beams		✔	✔	✔	✔			610 TFB 149
Parallel Flange Channels			✔	✔	✔			380 PFC
Equal Angles			✔	✔	✔			200 x 200 x 26 EA
Unequal Angles			✔	✔	✔			150 x 100 x 12 UA
Round Bar			✔	✔	✔			Φ215 ROD
Rectangular Hollow Sections			✔		✔		✔	400 x 300 x 16.0 RHS
Square Hollow Sections			✔		✔		✔	400 x 400 x 16.0 SHS
Circular Hollow Sections	✔		✔		✔			610.0 x 12.7 CHS

REPORTING

CHECKSTEEL

USERS

CHECKSTEEL is trusted by over 80 companies with more than 1000 users worldwide, representing the fields of construction, fabrication, power distribution, signage, structural engineering, and telecommunications.

ACOR Consultants

ADG Consulting Engineers