Welcome to the CSI Knowledge Base
This Knowledge Base offers information to the Structural Engineering community in effort to further understanding within the field and assist users with CSI Software application. This being the case, documentation may be of general technical interest or specific to CSI Software.
Please feel free to visit the Help Space for tips on navigating the Knowledge Base and means for contacting Technical Support.
General Technical Topics
Please use the table below to quickly navigate the various topics in our technical knowledge base that are common to all CSI Software:
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Acceleration · [API] · Auto lateral load |
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Lane · Licensing · Link · Load case · Load combination · Load pattern |
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Meshing · Modal analysis · Modeling techniques · [Moving load analysis] |
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P-Delta effect · [Plugins] · [Power spectral density analysis] · Program usage · Pushover |
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Reporting · [Response spectrum analysis] |
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Section cut · Section designer · Shell · Shrinkage · Solid · Solver · Staged construction |
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Target Force · Tendon · Tension and compression limits · Time history analysis |
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Additional Product-Specific Information
Use links below to navigate to spaces with additional product-specific information for each CSI product:
- SAP2000 - integrated software for structural analysis and design.
- CSiBridge - software for analysis and design of bridges
- ETABS - software for integrated analysis, design, and drafting of building systems
- SAFE - software for integrated design of elevated floor and foundation slab systems
- PERFORM-3D - nonlinear performance-based analysis and design
- CSiCOL - advanced column system analysis and design
Browse by Content Type
- Tutorials - tutorials and supplementary documentation
- Documentation - manuals, technical notes, and documentation distributed with software
- Videos - links to CSI Watch & Learn video series
- Test Problems - sample problems with supplementary models and calculation sheets
- [Example Problems] - supplementary information for official example problems
- [Verification Problems] - supplementary information for official verification problems
Miscellaneous
- Help Space - help with using the Knowlegebase and contacting Technical Support
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