Features

Fully integrated Modules make your life super easy!

Incorporates all applicable provisions from:

IS: 456 – 2000, Amendments 1 to 5 (2019), Reaffirmed 2021
IS: 875 (Parts 1, 2 & 5), Reaffirmed 2018
IS: 875 (Part 3) – 2015, Amendments 1 & 2 (2020)
IS: 1893 (Part 1) – 2016, Amendments 1 & 2 (2020)
IS: 4326 – 2013, Amendment 1 (2014), Reaffirmed 2018
IS: 13920 – 2016, Amendments 1 & 2 (2020)
IS: 1786, Reaffirmed 2018, Amendments 1 to 5 (2019)
IS: 2502, Reaffirmed 2018
IS: 1904, Reaffirmed 2015
SP: 34 – 1987, Amendment 1 (1989)

Now available as PRO and STD versions.

22 Program Modules

SCADDS 3D Analysis Suite!™
SCADDS Load Generator for Dead, Live, Wind & Seismic Loads
SCADDS Frame Generator™ to create numerous 3D Geometry Profiles
SCADDS RC-Beam Designer™
SCADDS RC-Slab Designer™
SCADDS RC-Column Designer™
SCADDS RC-Footing Designer™
SCADDS RC-Stair Designer™
SCADDS RC-Section Optimizer™ (PRO)
SCADDS Layout Drafter™ for Beams, Floors, Columns, Footings
SCADDS RC-Draft Manager™
SCADDS RC-Beam Detailer™
SCADDS RC-Floor Detailer™
SCADDS RC-Column Detailer™
SCADDS RC-Footing Detailer™
SCADDS RC-Stair Detailer™
SCADDS Bar Notation Manager™
SCADDS Bar Bending Scheduler™ (PRO)
SCADDS Plot Manager to assemble Multiple Views (PRO)
100% Automated SCADDS CAD Exporter
SCADDS Quest™ for Quantity Estimation (PRO)
SCADDS e-Doc Manager™ with e-Binder™ for generating and compiling Reports

The Features are Endless…

Powerul GUI Features

Efficient, Intuitive, highly User-friendly and Consistent User Interface with State-of-the-art User Interaction Components.
An Intelligent WHATNEXT? Advisor.
A WHY? Narrator for Error Isolation and Resolution.
Intelligent Data Acceptance Mechanism, INTELLI-Validator prompting the User for structured, schematic and error free input.
Automatic Pre-Processing and Post-Processing facilitating Minimum User Input.
Built-in Databases for Standard Input Parameters.
Extensive, Context-Sensitive, Help System with an exhaustive Topic Index.
Modular and Highly Structured Code using the SCADDS Framework.
Efficient use of Memory through Dynamic Memory Management.
Easy Keyboard Access to Commands through Accelerators.
Default Startup and Auto-Loading of Projects.
Auto-saving of Desktop Settings, Window Sizes and Positions and all other User Preferences.
Floating and Docking Toolbars & Menu Themes.
Efficient, Plug-n-Play Software Security System facilitating quick & easy installation on any Latop/PC.
Fully explained Quick Start Tutorials, Features Guide and Setup Guide.
Multimedia-based Tutorials.

Display Features

Wire Frame and Shaded Views.
Support for Fast Shade, Smooth Shade and Rendered Views.
3D Orbit command to view the model from any direction.
3D Structure Animation and Walkthroughs.
One-click Display of Floor Plans, Elevations and Sections.
Standard 3D Views in Isometric and Perspective Modes.
Easily work with the 3D Model, directly in the rendered view, so that the User can more accurately perform the modelling as well as visualize the structure in its entirety.
Display of Loading Diagrams under each Load Case & Load Combination.
3D Deflection Animation.
Optional display of Member Numbers, Member Lengths, Member Sizes, Node Numbers, Loads, Supports, and so on.
Optional display of Bending Moment, Shear Force & Deflection Diagrams for only Selected Members.
Optional display of Bending Moments, Shear Forces, Deflections, etc., under each Load Case and Load Combination.
Display of Maximum Force Envelopes for each member with values at various intervals, along the length of the member.
Customization of all diagrams for Color, Font, Fill Pattern, etc.
Facility to Print various Diagrams as well as all displayed Views.
Saving and Restoring user-defined Views.
Facility to Export various Diagrams to Popular Image Formats.
Facility to Export Animations to standard Video Formats.
Facility to open additional View Ports for various Structure Diagrams for quicker switching, viewing & printing.
Facility to create, maintain and switch Desktop Color Schemes.

Modeling Features

Fastest On-screen 2D/3D modeling facility for Frames of any profile, including Multi-story Buildings, Industrial Sheds,Water Tanks Frames, Portal Frames, Grid Floors, Stadia Frames and so on.
A Unique, Quick Start Project Wizard to generate numerous geometry configurations within just seconds.
Feature to import 2D/3D Models directly from an open AutoCAD file.
Construction Grid & Snap options for Model Editor at every Floor Level.
Copy, Stretch, Move, Rotate, Array and Mirror commands for faster Modelling.
Easily Split Members by inserting Nodes.
Easily copy and paste Structure Geometry with or without Loads, Material Characteristics, Member Properties, etc.
Easily copy and paste Loads, Material Characteristics and Member Properties from existing Nodes and/or Members.
Direct modeling support for Horizontal or Sloped Rectangular, Trapezoidal, Triangular Slab Panels as well as Cantilever Slabs.
Direct modeling support for Full or Partial Walls as well as Regular or Tapered Walls with/without Joinery.
A Powerful Joinery Manager to define and use Doors, Windows, Ventilators and Openings in Walls.
Easily provide Wall Offsets on Supporting Beams.
Easily provide Slab Level Offsets on Supporting Beams so that Sunken Slabs can be accurately created.
Built-in Frame Generator for generating various geometric patterns within seconds and attaching to existing model.
Command Prompt and Command History Window for quick navigation.
Facility for Command Customization.
Parent Materials such as Concrete, Steel, Timber, Aluminum and any User-defined Material.
Member Section Manager to create numerous Sectional Shapes that can be used for any type of structure.
Section Library Manager to create and maintain unlimited Member Sections of various Shapes using various types of Parent Materials such as Concrete, Steel, Aluminum, Timber, etc.
Node and Member Filter Options based on Geometry, Material, Section, Loads and their combinations based on the entire Structure or selected Nodes/Members.
Easy Node selection and Member selection Tools.
Real-time Zoom and Pan options. Various Zoom options including Window, Scale, In, Out, Extents, Previous, etc.
Structure Node/Member Renumbering options.
Intelligent and Context Sensitive Right-Click menus for easy command access and execution.
Optional Display of Grid with Rulers.
Feature to edit data in the Data Table for Nodal Coordinates, Member Connectivity, Loads & Supports.
Auto-highlighting of data in table during various on-screen operations.
Hundreds of predefined and Ready-to-use Sections in Section Library Manager.
Object Snap features while drawing members such as End Node, Midpoint, Perpendicular, etc.
Several Model Querying commands including Distance, Length, ID, Angle, Properties, etc.
A powerful Snap Shot Manager to take snap shots of whatever is displayed. These snap shots can be directly printed or integrated into the Reports.

Construction Grid & Level Manager

Easily Create, Activate, Modify and Remove various types of Construction Grids.
Easily Create, Modify and Remove Floor Levels.
Auto-Snap Feature for Grid Points.
Automatic Creation of Grids while using Model Generation Wizards.
Easily Create Userdefined Grids & Levels interactively.

Model Verification Features

Verification of Total Structural Integrity.
Easily detect & delete Duplicate Nodes.
Easily detect & delete Duplicate Members.
Easily detect Orphan Nodes.
Easily detect Members Crossing Nodes.
Easily detect mutually Crossing Members.
Easily verify Member Connectivity.
Easily verify Slab Supports and Wall Supports.

Loading Features

Unlimited Primary Load Cases.
Unlimited Load Combinations.
Automatic Self Weight Calculation option.
Automatic Load Transfer from Slabs to Supporting Beams.
Automatic Wall Load Transfer to Supporting Beams.
Automatic Generation of Wind Loads.
Automatic Generation of Seismic Loads including nodal mass.
User-defined Concentrated Nodal & Member Loads and Moments.
User-defined Full or Partial Uniformly Distributed Loads, Triangular Loads and Trapezoidal Loads.
User-defined Parabolically Distributed Loads.
6 User-defined Load Types and over 35 Loading Patterns.
Application of Loads in Global or Local X, Y & Z Directions.
Easily switch between various Load Cases and Combinations.
Automatic Generation of Load Combinations.
Automatic Generation of Yield Line Patterns to display Slab-wise and Beam-wise Load Distribution under each Load Case.
Feature to quickly Exclude or Delete Loads from selected or all Members & Nodes from different Load Cases.
Feature to Auto-Create Primary Loads and Load Combinations in a Single step, if they are not already created.

Analysis Features

Unique and first-of-its-kind Software Architecture which Guarantees Modelling & Analysis of any 3D or 2D Frame, Simple, Intuitive and Fast.
Ultra-fast, Linear Static 3D Analysis Engine.
Finite Beam Element-based Accurate Analysis Algorithms.
Various Support Types with User-defined Restraint options.
Completely Flexible Use of SI, MKS and FPS Units of Measurement to suit your custom needs.

RC Design Features

Full Integration with Analysis for Design of Beams, Slabs, Columns, Footings and Stair Slabs.
Design as per Limit State Method, in accordance with IS:456-2000.
Optional Column Load Reduction Feature, in case of Multi-storyed Buildings.
Fully Automatic, Semi-Interactive and Fully Interactive Design Modes for maximum flexibility and control.
Point & Click Design Feature to quickly assess Section and RC Design Features.
Previewing Reinforcement requirements for selected Beams, Slabs, Columns, Footings and Stair Slabs, before finalizing the member sizes.
Automatic Revision of Member Sizes, based on User-defined Constraints, if given sizes are inadequate.
Color Coding in 3D Wire Frame and Rendered Views to highlight Safe, Unsafe, Not-Designed and Invalid Members, after the Design Phase is completed.
Quick Summary on Design of Members.
Detailed Reports on Design of Members, citing all relevant Codal Provisions.
Automatic Selection of Member Size and Reinforcement from Critical Load Cases and Combinations.
Direct Integration for Detailing and fully Automatic Generation of Bar Bending Schedules with optional Ductile Detailing.
Easily Group Members having identical size and reinforcement.
Integrated Member Section Optimization.
Choice of Multiple Rod Sizes and Steel Grades.
Automatic Detection of No. of Steel Layers based on Clear Gap between Rods as per Codes as well as User’s choice.
Automatic Validation of Minimum & Maximum Steel Area, Steel Percentage, Rod Spacing, etc.
Auto Round-Off Feature for Lengths, Section Sizes, Rod Nos., Rod Spacing, etc., subject User-defined Constraints.

RC Optimization Features

Full Control over Section Optimization with User-defined Constraints, based on Practical Construction Requirements.
Optimization of Member Sections for Beams, Slabs, Columns, Footings and Stair Slabs.
Optional Automatic Reduction of Member Sizes, if given size is more that what is required.

Floor Analysis, Design & Detailing Features

Automatic Calculation of Self-weight of Slabs.
Direct Application of Live Loads for various types of Buildings & Floors, Floor Finish Loads and other Filling Loads.
Facility to define Sunken Slabs within the Floor.
Design of the entire Floor, at each Floor Level.
Design of RC Floors comprising of Rectangular, Trapezoidal and Triangular Slabs with various Support Conditions.
Horizontal or Inclined Slab Panels.
Fully Integrated Analysis, Design, Detailing and Quantity Estimation of Floors.
Floor-wise and Slab-wise Display of Yield Line Patterns.

Drafting & Detailing Features

Truly Professional Drawings, generated with absolutely no User Interaction.
Direct Drawing Generation and Plotting Support using proprietary SCADDS Drafting & Detailing Engine.
Support for AutoCAD® as well as any other CAD program.
Fully Automatic Generation of Drawings after Analysis & Design.
Generation of Footings Layouts.
Generation of Column Layouts at each Level.
Generation of Beam and Slab Layouts at each Level.
Generation of Frame or Section Layouts along each Grid Line.
Fully Automatic Detailing of Continuous Beams.
Fully Automatic Detailing of Multi-story Columns.
Fully Automatic Detailing of all Floors.
Fully Automatic Detailing of Isolated/Combined Footings.
Fully Automatic Detailing of Staircase Slabs.
Generation of Drawings to any Scale Factor.
Fully Automatic Dimensions, Drawing Annotations and Sub-titles.
Fully Automatic Generation of Bar Bending Schedules.
Support for Ductile Detailing as per IS: 13920.
Automatic Calculation of Development Lengths, Curtailments and Laps with Dimensioning.
A Very Powerful Bar Notation Manager with infinite possibilities for Annotations and Bar Tags.
Complete Customization of Entity Colors, Thickness, Dimension Styles, Fonts, etc.
A powerful Plot Manager to easily assemble Multiple Drawings or Views onto a Single Sheet for Direct Plotting as well as Exporting the same to AutoCAD® or any other CAD program.

Quantity Estimation Features

Automatic Generation of Quantities for all Structural as well as Non-structural Elements in the Model.
Storey-wise and Member-wise Quantity Reports on Concrete, Reinforcement, Shuttering, Plastering, Walls, Joineries, etc., with Sub-totals and Grand totals.

e-Doc Manager with e-Binder

Detailed Report Generation on Analysis and Design.
Generation of Quantity Estimation Reports.
An innovative and powerful feature to combine the various Analysis, Design & Estimation Reports, as specified by the User, into a Single Reference Volume which can be printed as well as exported to various file formats.
Print Preview feature for the compiled Report.
Easily Export Analysis Report to RTF, XLS, PDF, HTML, TXT and several other formats.
Easily Print part of whole of the Report with custom selection of different sections of the Report.
Single Tab and Multi-Tab Views for easy Navigation.
Report on Joint Displacements, Support Reactions, Member End Forces and Maximum & Minimum Force Envelopes for Primary Load Cases and Load Combinations.
Report on Absolute Maximum & Minimum Force Envelopes from all Primary Load Cases and Load Combinations.
Report on Live Load Reduction in Columns.
Design Reports on Footings, Columns, Beams, Slabs and Staircases with references to all relevant Codal provisions.
Design Summary Reports on Footings, Columns, Beams, Slabs and Staircases including Sectional Views.
Optional Headers & Footers with Page Numbering for Reports.
Facility to Save report in proprietary SCP format so that multiple reports can be opened and compared.
Facility to include captured Snap Shots of diagrams with respect to Structure Views, Bending Moment, Shear Force, Deflection or any other User-defined View.
Facility to Export Reports with or without lines for tabulation.
Project Report Cover Page customization with Company Logo.
Support for various Paper Sizes and formats.