IDEA StatiCa

subscription / perpetual Engineer & Analyze

Structural steel connection design and concrete D-region analysis software using CBFEM (Component-Based Finite Element Method) -- designs and code-checks steel connections, concrete members, and anchoring per AISC, Eurocode, and other standards with BIM integration to 40+ FEA/CAD tools.

Agent-hostile

3.6 /5 composite score

Solid -- industry-leading steel connection design with patented CBFEM technology, transparent pricing (annual EUR 1,750-4,990, 14-day free trial), and integration with 40+ FEA/CAD tools; however API access requires Enterprise tier and the desktop-only interface (no CLI/MCP, RF2) limits agent-driven workflows.

Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	4/5	subscription / perpetual
Agent Friendliness	2/5	API: unknown (Enterprise tier API support)
Ease of adoption	3/5	--
Portability & lock-in	4/5	3 file formats
Interoperability	5/5	8 integrations

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Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
IFC	unknown	unknown
DXF	unknown	unknown
CIS/2	unknown	unknown

Integrations

SAP2000 ETABS Revit Tekla Structures Midas Civil RFEM STAAD.Pro Advance Steel

Pricing detail

TiersSteel (Annual subscription), Concrete (Annual subscription), Complete (Annual subscription), Enterprise

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