No. All relevant objects such as truss pieces or chain hoists are included in every Vectorworks Spotlight version and can be used. We add all the necessary tools for efficient and safe planning.
The free module can be installed on any number of computers. The Professional version is aimed at typical freelancers and the Enterprise version at companies, including the option of customised extensions.
Yes, the development of the solvers began far from Vectorworks as an in-house solution over 15 years ago and is therefore very mature. Companies and engineering offices have been using our solvers for their tasks for many years. Hundreds of structural calculations are created with it every year. Structural inspectors and the TÜV regularly check calculations created with our solvers without any objections.
StaceDocs offers the option of generating a calculation report in the Professional or Enterprise version. Of course, this is not a complete replacement for a structural analysis. Therefore, a smooth data exchange with common structural analysis programmes is integrated.
There can be many reasons for this. Normally, our solver specifies all possible errors that it finds automatically.
Common mistakes are:
If the error messages do not help or the problem cannot be solved in any other way, please send us your file so that we can investigate the problem.
We have deliberately decided to keep the setting options for the calculation as minimal as possible. When in doubt, we make assumptions that are safer than absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, our years of experience with customers who use Braceworks is that they have often chosen the wrong settings out of uncertainty and systems are specified as safe even though they are not.
Our calculations and verifications have been designed and continuously developed by engineers with extensive experience in event technology and the calculation of trusses. Every update from our company is cross-checked at source code level by an authorised structural engineer.
However, this also means that our verifications are more conscientious and comprehensive. We leave nothing to coincidence.