Get your everyday frame calculations done in minutes, with documentation a reviewer accepts the first time.
Draw the frame from nodes and elements, and add the loads. PolyFrame checks the stability on its own, with no buckling length to set by hand, and runs a full verification of every member. The documentation is a short PDF a reviewer can follow. PolyStruc runs every day at COWI, Artelia, Sweco, AFRY and NIRAS, and at 900+ universities.
Draw the frame from nodes and elements, using relative distances and angles, a grid to snap to, or a DWG import as a background to trace. Every element’s cross-section, fire exposure, and stability restraints are set in one table, not spread across separate dialogs.
PolyFrame handles stability automatically: an imperfection based on the first eigenmode, plus a second-order analysis, replaces manual buckling lengths entirely. Out-of-plane, PolyFrame uses the general method instead. .
Every member gets the same full ULS, ALS, and Fire verification as PolyBeam and PolyColumn, applied automatically across the whole frame.
PolyFrame’s SLS check works at both levels: locally per element, and globally for the structure’s horizontal and vertical deflection
PolyFrame's report is short and precise: inputs, diagrams, and results up front, the full Eurocode calculation behind them. One click to generate, with your own logo.
PolyFrame is desktop software for 2D steel and timber frames and trusses. It models the structure from nodes and elements, and runs a full ULS, SLS, ALS and fire verification, generating a short PDF report.
Draw the frame using relative distances and angles or a grid to snap to, or trace it directly over a DWG file imported as a background.
Stability is handled automatically, using Eurocode methods for both directions. In-plane, an imperfection based on the first eigenmode combined with a second-order analysis replaces a manually assigned buckling length. Out-of-plane, PolyFrame uses the general method instead.
PolyFrame designs according to Eurocode, either the base standard or with the Danish or Swedish national annex:
PolyFrame is kept up to date with Eurocode, and is being prepared for the second generation as it is introduced.
Yes, a C# API on NuGet (PolyFrame.Connector). You can define sections, loads and supports in code, run analyses, save or load native .pfr files, and generate PDF reports.
Anyone can create a free starter account, with all ULS, SLS, ALS and fire checks available on a single fixed section (HE300B). Students get full access to every feature for free with a student email, already used at 900+ universities worldwide.
A powerful beam calculator that designs steel-, timber-, and concrete beams.
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