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Descon Structural steel connection design

Whether you work with structural connections constantly or just once in a while, Descon is a comprehensive tool that is used with each stage of the connection design process.

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Descon 8 for Windows. Try the Next level free for 7 days.

Descon 8.1 designing a single plate shear connection of a W16X26 beam to a W14X90 column: the front view, the 3D view and a ratio of 0.93

  1. 2D and 3D view

    Customize all four dynamically modified 2D views and visualize complex connections with a 360° 3D view.

  2. Efficiency & speed

    Create working designs with your default preferences in just a few clicks.

  3. Responsive results

    Graphics and report views update instantly with data inputs, allowing you to quickly optimize designs.

  4. Hand-style calculations

    Complete hand-style calculations in .pdf, .rtf, or .html format, with your company logo in the header.

  5. Projects

    On Next, every connection on a job stays in one file.

  6. Export to Nerv

    When a connection goes past what Descon models, Export to Nerv sends the design across, with its front view and the whole calculation.

The top of Descon's report for that connection: the project block and the front view with its callouts
The report is written as you design, and it updates with every input.
Two of Descon's ratio gauges: one reading NG, one reading 0.10
Each limit state has a ratio gauge. Click one to open its calculation.

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From the people who've used Descon

10%7%

of total steel weight, estimated for connections

We have been using DesconWin and DesconBrace for about 8 years. It is very powerful but our main benefit has been speed. We are a design-build firm so we do estimates with a preliminary structure design. We used to estimate 10% of the total weight for connection material. But with Descon software, we can do preliminary connection design so fast that we get a better estimate. More than once we won the bid because we could estimate 7% of the total weight for connections instead of 10%. That little difference has been a key factor for being more competitive and winning more bids, mainly after the 2008 crisis that tightened all budgets.

Hector Ochoa

The calculations were accepted without comment by the connections engineer and the designers.

Ron YeagerSteel-Art, Inc.

Descon Brace has greatly aided in the design of our connections. The interface is easy to use and the customizability of the connections is supreme. The reporting portion is easy to follow and presentable for a calculation submission. Descon Brace provides great value and should be in every structural engineers software library.

Mark Gardner, P.E.Director of Engineering, bmk Engineering, Inc.

I used the DesconPlus Win and DesconPlus Brace for a recent FAA project. The generated written report was very easy to follow (and explain to others) and the generated dxf was a great tool between engineer and detailers.

Rick Koehler

Investment on the software provides good return on investment when factoring in countless hours of review time on other methods. … (My Annual Maintenance Plan) provides quick responses to our design questions on projects with fast track schedules and on time commitments.

Eugene NinnieCTE-VBMIS Group

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support@desconplus.com
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312-278-4420
Mail
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West Chicago, IL 60186