Viewing Results

After running a successful analysis, you can visualize and explore the results directly on your 3D model.

Result Toggles

The left sidebar contains toggle buttons to control which results are displayed. Multiple result types can be viewed simultaneously.

  • Displacement - Shows the deformed shape
  • Reactions - Shows support reaction arrows
  • Moments - Shows bending moment diagrams
  • Shear - Shows shear force diagrams
  • Axial - Shows axial force diagrams
  • Torsion - Shows torsion diagrams
  • Member Stress - Colours members by elastic stress (right-click for the quantity)
  • Plate Result Contour - Colours plate elements by the selected plate result quantity (right-click to choose the quantity)

Selecting Results to Display

Load Case / Combination

Use the load selector dropdown in the top ribbon (next to the self-weight and data buttons) to choose what the diagrams represent:

  • Select a specific Load Case (e.g., "Dead Load") to see results for just that case
  • Select a Load Combination (e.g., "1.2D + 1.6L") to see combined, factored results
  • When a static General/P-Delta analysis has at least two solved load cases or combinations, choose Envelope (all cases) to display the maximum and minimum envelope across the solved results
  • Use PgUp / PgDn to step through cases and combinations without opening the dropdown

Component Direction

With a result view enabled, use the XY and XZ plane toggles in the left sidebar:

For diagrams like Shear and Moment, you can choose which axis to display:

By default, section properties use Izz/Szz as the major or strong-axis properties and Iyy/Syy as the minor or weak-axis properties. Shear component names describe force direction: Vy is local-y shear and is grouped with major bending because it pairs with Mz; Vz pairs with My.

  • Shear - Vy (paired with major bending Mz) or Vz (paired with minor bending My)
  • Moment - Mz (major/strong-axis bending) or My (minor/weak-axis bending)

Adjusting Scales

You can adjust the visual scale of diagrams to make them legible. The fastest way is using keyboard shortcuts while zooming/scrolling.

Scale Shortcuts (Hold Key + Scroll)

Hold one of the following keys and use your mouse wheel (scrolling) to adjust the size of that specific diagram:

  • D - Displacement (Deformation)
  • R - Reactions
  • M - Moment Diagrams
  • S - Shear Diagrams
  • A - Axial Diagrams
  • T - Torsion Diagrams
  • L - Distributed Loads (visual size)
  • C - Concentrated Loads (visual size)

Reading Values

Tooltips

Hover your mouse over any result diagram to see a tooltip with the exact value at that location. The tooltip also shows the distance from the member start.

Annotations

Toggle Show Annotations in the display options (right-click the Labels button or use display settings) to show:

  • Maximum and minimum values on each member
  • Values at member ends

Result Colors

Results are color-coded for easy identification:

  • Displacement - Violet
  • Reactions - Amber
  • Moment - Blue
  • Shear - Green
  • Axial - Red
  • Torsion - Pink

Note: a member's deflected shape is drawn in its assigned section colour. Plates/shells do not have section colours, so their displacement labels and overlays use the violet displacement colour.

Positive and negative values in diagrams are often shaded differently to distinguish tension/compression or sagging/hogging moments.

Analytical Dialogs

For more detailed numerical data, you can use the built-in analytical dialogs.

Results Summary

Click the Summary button in the ribbon toolbar to get a high-level overview of the entire model's performance.

Use the Load Source dropdown to switch between envelope mode (worst-case across all combinations) or a specific load case/combination.

The dialog has three tabs:

Members

A filterable table of every member in the model, showing:

  • Section - The assigned section profile.
  • Axial, Shear & Torsion - Peak force demands along the member for the selected load source (axial is signed: positive in tension, negative in compression).
  • Moment - Peak bending moment (major or minor axis).
  • Span Deflection & Utilization - Span sag relative to the member's displaced end chord, or free-end movement relative to the held end for cantilevers, with utilization against the selected L/X limit (default L/250, adjustable). This is a generic elastic FEA screen based on the current model stiffness. For concrete and timber it does not include material-specific code deflection effects such as cracked concrete stiffness, creep, shrinkage, load duration, or timber creep factors.
  • Stress & Utilization - Peak combined elastic normal stress (σx = P/A + Mzy/Izz + Myz/Iyy) with utilization percentage against yield strength (Fy). Shear and torsional stress are excluded from this estimate. The stress utilization is shown as N/A for concrete and timber members, which require material-specific code checks rather than a yield comparison.
  • Governing / Status - The worst-case utilization and governing load combination, highlighted red when any check exceeds 100%.

Click the link icon in the Status column to jump directly to that member's detailed Member Analysis.

Reactions

A table of all support nodes showing reaction forces (FX, FY, FZ) and moments (MX, MY, MZ) in global coordinates. A summary row at the bottom shows the total sum of all reactions for equilibrium validation.

Displacements

A table of all nodes showing translational displacements (DX, DY, DZ), rotations (RX, RY, RZ in milliradians), and the resultant displacement magnitude (|δ|). The node with the maximum displacement is highlighted.

Plates

A table of plate result summaries for models with shell elements, including deflection, bending, membrane stress, transverse shear, and Wood-Armer quantities for the selected load source.

Member Analysis

For a deep dive into a specific part of your structure, the Member Analysis dialog provides high-resolution data for a single selected member.

To access Member Analysis:

  1. Select a member by clicking it in the 3D view.
  2. Right-click the selected member to open the context menu and choose Member Analysis.

You can also open Member Analysis from the properties panel on the right side when a member is selected.

Within the Member Analysis dialog, you can explore:

  • Diagrams Tab - Scalable charts for Moment, Shear, Axial, Torsion, and Deflection. This tab also includes the Member Result Extremes table, which shows the exact maximum and minimum values and their precise locations along the member for the active load combination.
  • Stations Tab - A tabulated breakdown of the internal forces (axial, shear, moment, torsion) and deflections at each calculation station along the member length.
  • Stress Tab - Detailed fiber-by-fiber stress distribution (axial + bending) along the member length, with user-definable yield strength (Fy) to check utilization. For concrete and timber the elastic stresses are shown for reference only (no yield check), since those materials need material-specific design checks.
  • Design Check Tab - Run steel design code checks (AS 4100:2020, AISC 360-16, Eurocode 3, CSA S16-19) directly on the selected member. Shows capacity ratios, governing clauses, and pass/fail status.

Exporting Results

Use the PDF or Excel button in the top ribbon. Either one opens a Configure Report dialog where you choose what to include before exporting:

  • Sections: tick which parts to include (geometry, loading, reactions, displacements, member forces, plate results, stresses, utilization, embodied carbon).
  • Load cases & combinations: report every analysed case and combination, or just a selected subset.
  • Stations per member: how finely intermediate results are sampled along each member: 3 (ends + midspan), 5 (quarter points), or All (every solver station, including point-load steps).
  • Carbon factors: review or override the indicative A1–A3 embodied-carbon factors with project-specific EPD values.

PDF Report

A professional, paginated report with cover page, contents and disclaimer, suitable for handover to reviewers and checking engineers. Depending on the analysis type and your selections it can include:

  • Geometry & bill of materials: nodes, members, plates, sections, materials, eccentricities, stiffness modifiers, diaphragms, and total mass by section.
  • Embodied carbon (A1–A3): indicative cradle-to-gate CO₂e by material (steel, aluminium, concrete, timber), from model mass × carbon factor.
  • Loading: load cases, combinations and all applied loads (nodal, member distributed, member point, plate surface pressure, thermal, self-weight, settlements).
  • Reactions: support reactions per combination, plus max/min envelopes.
  • Displacements: nodal deflections and rotations.
  • Member forces: end forces and internal forces (axial, shear, torsion, moment) at stations along each member.
  • Plate results: for models with plates/shells: deflections, bending & membrane stresses, and Wood–Armer design moments.
  • Stresses & utilization: elastic stress checks and a per-member utilization summary.
  • Modal / buckling: natural frequencies and mass participation, or buckling load factors and effective-length factors, when those analyses are run.

Excel Report

The same results as a multi-sheet workbook for further processing, custom checks or archiving, with separate tabs for geometry, bill of materials, embodied carbon, loads, reactions, displacements, member forces, plate results, intermediate results and the utilization summary.