Beam Deflection Engineering Reviews

Please add small steel shapes!

BenShell

Great job on this beautifully designed app! I just wish it had smaller shapes built in, down to 1/2 square steel tube. Or, maybe provide a way for user defined shapes to be added? Thanks!

Good try, but half finished app!

@DPKG

OK not meaning to put the dev down as this is a nice approach but I think the dev should have spent more time making the app workable than playing with the interface. The app is so called "version 5.0". One would assume from this it would have passed through four major iterations to get to this point. The app feels like beta release 0.9. The following are missing. 1. Save and file functions 2. Undo and redo 3. A "help" or tutorial. Also what would be nice would be the ability to design or draw beam sections instead of using the only ones offered. All that is provided is a database of standard sections downloaded off the internet, this would have been provided by version 3 or 4. The app feels like an engineer grad student trying to show off the engineering knowledge. Any of the five star reviews are either friends of the dev or purchasers of previous versions who are happy to see progress. If I have misrepresented the dev and invite them to contact me and I will revise my review.

It's nice but..

- Batman

I like it but it would be nice if it had the ability to see the data in a table. Also, could you add an option to switch the positive/negative convention of up and down? Thanks, and keep up the good work :)

Great app!

civEstudent

Perfect for when you want to check your work for accuracy...or just when you want to cut corners.

Poor user interface does not hold settings.

windnsails

Just using this app is a challenge. When I used ft-lb-in settings they always reverted to metric which was very frustrating. You have to know everything in the calculations before starting. There is no table of properties for materials or shapes. There is no way to calculate Area moment of inertia for example. Essentially, this is just an equation solver for beams with an interface that is awkward to use and doesn't remember settings.

Nice app

Kamran Poortaghi

Very good

So Far So Good!

TeddyTexas

Just downloaded this and started playing around with it. Quite amazing how the graphics work. Nice that you can specify a structural steel beam shape.

Exceptional app!!

thesnorlax

This is a really great app for shear and moment diagrams. Very intuitive, fabulous interface! Tried using a similar applications on the web and this beats it hands down, glad I spent the money. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. One recommendation would be to have moment in in-lb not just ft-lbs. Again great app, a winner!!!

2 Complains

Fatteel

First off great application, but I really hoped since it is a 5 dollar application for it to include hinges. Please add hinges it would help me a lot and isn't this hard for professionals like you. Second can you please let us set the pointer where we want in order to see the moment or deflection value, not only slide it since it is not very accurate with the slider! Much thanks

The best structural engineering app

Kane_n_able

By far, hands down, the best structural design app I've ever used. Some serious time was put into this app and it shows. Great job developer