IDEA StatiCa
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
C5 5/5 reflects SAP2000, ETABS, Revit, Tekla Structures, Midas Civil, RFEM, STAAD.Pro, and Advance Steel integrations, while C4 4/5 reflects IFC, DXF, and CIS/2 exchange. C2 2/5 is capped by RF2 because public agent access is limited to unknown Enterprise-tier API support with no documented CLI or MCP.
Solid
Rubric Scorecard
| Criterion | Score | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Value for the price | 4/5 | subscription / perpetual Source → |
| 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 |
Pricing
Modelsubscription / perpetual
Free tierno
Trialyes
TiersSteel (Annual subscription), Concrete (Annual subscription), Complete (Annual subscription), Enterprise
How we verified this: we checked IDEA StatiCa against its live site and an independent source — ideastatica.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-05.
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
Sources
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