IDEA StatiCa Connection Library

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Connection Library is a cloud-based solution delivering 1,000,000+ ready-made steel connections from real-life projects from around the world.

Find, download, and apply the perfect solution in seconds – no need to start from scratch!

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Why Use Connection Library?

Free for everyone, Connection Library inspires innovation in your projects. Fully integrated with Viewer, it suggests design alternatives based on your model’s geometry, arrangement, and cross-sections and allows you to export designs for further adjustments.

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HOW DOES IT WORK?

1 – Define geometry

  • Input the members and their cross-section types or find similar connections with the same geometry directly from Viewer

2 – Browse the database

  • Browse the search results and refine them using connector filters to match your model’s arrangement, including member count, geometry, and cross-sections

3 – Sign in or create account

  • Sign in with your IDEA StatiCa credentials or create a free account to access connection details. 
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4 – Explore & Download the model

  • Open the selected solution in Viewer for 3D inspection and detailed adjustments
  • Review connection details, including manufacturing operations
  • Download the optimized model to your desktop app for further use
  • Adjust model to fit your project needs
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The world's largest database of steel connections

1000000
# of connections
39649
Users in last 12 months
170
Countries using Connection Library
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Try Connection Library for free
  • Get inspired by 1,000,000+ steel connection design examples.
  • Unlimited access with a free IDEA StatiCa account.
  • Download the connections that best fit your project.

FAQ

The database of Connection Library is based on data collected through another IDEA StatiCa cloud application for sharing project files - Viewer. Collected connection designs were anonymized and stripped of all the data but cross-sections, members, and building code. No data from our desktop applications was used to build the Connection Library database.

No, they are not. And they cannot be; we stripped them of all data, including loadings. 

These design examples are set to guide the way how such steel connections could be modeled. You can download them and use them as model templates for your own design project. Just apply the respective loading as per project needs, and calculate them.

No, the Connection Library on your desktop works only with data of your IDEA StatiCa installation - predefined connection designs, your company set, and your private set. 

Yes, you can! Just upload them to the IDEA StatiCa Viewer

It usually takes us a few weeks to process all the new data and update the database of results.

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