Mech-Q Structural is an add-on for AutoCAD and IntelliCAD. It is also available within our CAD standalone called AViCAD. The Structural Software / Module is both customizable and easy to learn. Design and detail beam connections and steel shapes. Includes steel stair, ladders and more.
The beauty of Mech-Q Structural is that we’ve taken the work out of creating professional looking structural drawings. We have provided you an easy to understand workflow – it’s all laid out, right in front of you, so that you can stay on track with your project.
By choosing Mech-Q you can be sure that you’re on the right path to becoming the most productive you can be at 2D and 3D structural drafting and design.
We keep it simple so you can draw fast
We make it easy, not more complicated … and we want you to get your ducting project done fast and accurate with very little effort. We have designed Mech-Q software to draw the way you do, so you can focus more on the work and not complicated software.
You can fully customize Mech-Q Ducting to conform to your office layer standard – so there’s no need to change the way you already work. Mech-Q creates standard AutoCAD objects – so the drawings can be easily shared with anyone, even if they don’t have Mech-Q.
Mech-Q Structural integrates into your existing CAD menu, ribbon, drop-down or toolbar menu. It also runs in AutoCAD®, BricsCAD and IntelliCAD or as a CAD standalone called AViCAD.
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Steel Shapes & Beams
Main Features:
2D & 3D Capability
Auto-BOM with weighted BOM
(fully customizable)
Data listing, pick & match option
Fully customizable layers
Curved beam option
Annotation option
Steel Shapes Included:
English:
US: AISC/ASTM:
W & WT, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & RHS
Canadian (CISC):
W, WWF, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & HSS.
Metric:
Australian (BHP):
Hot Rolled sections, including: UB, UC, PFC, EA, UA, Welded UB & UC and RHS.
European (DIN):
INP & IPE, HEA & HEB, UNP & UPE, LE & LU, & RHS
British Standard (BS):
UB, UC, PFC, EA, UA, CHS & RHS
Canadian (CISC):
W, WWF, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & HSS.
South African (RSA):
I , H, Channels, Angles, & RHS.
Japanese (JIS):
I , H, Channels, Angles, & RHS.
Indian (IS):
Beams , Channels, Angles, & RHS.
Structural Stairs Utility:
Draw Single-flight and multi-flight stairs
Front, Plan and End views
Auto-handrailing
Several stringer & tread options -With auto-dimensioning of stringer for shop fabrication.
Fully customizable with full control on the stairs design parameters, including stringer and tread sizes, slope, width, stair flights configuration.
Fully customizable layers
Easy to use and configure.
The stairs configuration is controlled by recognized safety constraints.
Structural Ladders Utility:
Draw Step-thru and Side-step ladders
Front, Plan and End views
Ladder detailing (with auto-dimensions)
Safety cages optionally added
Customize layers used
Fully customizable with full control on the all the ladder design parameters.
Easy to use and configure.
Structural Hand Railing:
Customizable sizes, layers & shape
Welded, “Monowills” and Square tube
Steel or Aluminum
15 types of stanchion
Optional “kick” plates.
Several draw options
Easy to use and configure….
Several draw view options:
Run Elevation – Pick two points and handrail + stanchions is drawn
Run Plan – Draw an outline polyline then simply pick polyline to draw
Stanchion Front view
Stanchion End view
Stanchion Plan view
90-deg Bend
Angled Bend
Horizontal Closure
Angled Closure
Structural Bracing:
Fully Customizable sizes & layers
Welded, welded cleat, bolted cleat or bolted straight
Bracing drawn in 4 easy steps:
Select IP 1st point
Select fixing member at 1st point
Select IP 2nd point
Select fixing member at 2nd point
Beam to Beam Connections:
Several connections types: Bolted & moment
Plate, angle or double angle cleats
Plan or front draw views
Customizable layers & connection sizes & design
Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
Dimensioning style & options to meet most detailing requirements.
Beam weights calculator
Several draw options
Easy to use and configure….
Beam to Column Connections:
Several connections types:
Flexible: Angle seat
Flexible: Bearing pad
Flexible: End plate
Flexible: Angle cleat
Flexible: Web plate
Rigid: Welded & erect cleat
Rigid: Plate
Plan or front draw views
Customizable layers & connection sizes & design
Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
Several draw options
Easy to use and configure….
Structural Welded Frames:
Bevel or Square corners.
Plan, End view (X) and End view (Y)
Plan or end draw views
Customizable layers & sizes
Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
Several draw options
Beam Design Module:
The utility is a design tool for calculating stresses and deflections for simple beam cases.
Beam cases Include:
Simply Supported
Cantilever
Propped Cantilever
Build-in
Structural Software also includes several load cases and load combinations are supported
Output:
Reactions at supports
Calculated Deflections and Stresses
Plot of stress and deflections
Printed Result
Minimum Steel Sections for the given load cases.
Several configurations & calculation options…
Welding Symbols:
Several welding symbols Include:
Fillet
Bevel-butt
Vee-Butt
Square-Butt
U-Butt
J-Butt
Flare-V
Flare-bevel
Plug
Spot welding
Seam welding
Stud welding
Bead welding
Surface welding
and more…
Welding note option:
Configurable size & layers
Several options & auxiliary symbols: Site, all round, leader, intermittent…
Not only a Structural Software package for AutoCAD – other modules & utilities also included.
Still want to explore some more? The image below is interactive. Click on each module “gear” to find out more about the other modules.
Our Structural Software draws structural steel member including steel shapes (beams, columns and miscellaneous), beam-connections, stairs, ladders, bracing, hand railing, frames, welding symbols, beam loading designer and much more.
Steel shapes include: AISC, BHP, CISC, DIN, RSA, JIS, IS, Chinese…The module draws both in 2D & 3D and generates a weighted auto-BOM Some modules include auto dimensioning of components to fabrication details. The structural software supports both Metric & English (Imperial) Units.
Steel Shapes & Beams
Our structural software add-on draws steel beams in both 2D & 3D and includes Auto-BOM with weighted BOM (fully customizable). This structural steel shape routine supports data listing with a pick & match option. Layers are fully customizable. Curved beam option also available. Annotates shapes and beams as needed.
Main Features:
2D & 3D Capability
Auto-BOM with weighted BOM (fully customizable)
Data listing, pick & match option
Fully customizable layers
Curved beam option
Annotation option
Structural Stairs Utility
Structural Stairs Utility will draw stairs to the configuration set by the user. The routine will also draw Single-flight and multi-flight stairs in Front, Plan and End views and then add the main Dimensions and Stair Data as required. Handrail outline can also be included.
Stringer Detail – With auto-dimensioning for fabrication. Use the program design feature to draw the stairs – then by simply picking the stairs stringer, it will be auto-detailed for you.
Also includes concrete Pan Style stair tread. The user has full control on the stairs design parameters, including stringer and tread sizes, slope, width, stair flights configuration.
Main Features:
Draw Single-flight and multi-flight stairs
Front, Plan and End views
Auto-handrailing
Several stringer & tread options – With auto-dimensioning of stringer for shop fabrication
Fully customizable with full control on the stairs design parameters, including:
stringer and tread sizes
slope
width
stair flights configuration
Fully customisable layers
Easy to use and configure
Structural Bracing
Fully Customizable sizes & layers. Supporting welded, welded cleat, bolted cleat or bolted straight bracing. Simple to use, draws bracing in 4 easy steps! Fixing options include Welded, welded cleat, bolted cleat or bolted straight.
Main Features:
Fully Customizable sizes & layers
Welded, welded cleat, bolted cleat or bolted straight
Bracing drawn in 4 easy steps:
Select IP 1st point
Select fixing member at 1st point
Select IP 2nd point
Select fixing member at 2nd point
Beam to Beam Connections
Drawing structural steel beams is easy with our structural software add-on. Includes several connections types: bolted & moment Plate, angle or double angle cleats. Will draw in plan or front draw views. Customizable layers & connection sizes & design w/ auto-dimensioning to fabrication details. Beam weights calculator and much more included.
Main Features:
Several connections types: Bolted & moment
Plate, angle or double angle cleats
Plan or front draw views
Customizable layers & connection sizes & design
Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
Dimensioning style & options to meet most detailing requirements.
Beam weights calculator
Several draw options
Easy to use and configure….
Structural Welded Frames:
Bevel or Square corners.
Plan, End view (X) and End view (Y)
Plan or end draw views
Customizable layers & sizes
Auto-dimensioning to fabrication details
Several draw options
Beam Design Module
The utility is a design tool for calculating stresses and deflections for simple beam cases.
Beam cases Include:
Simply Supported
Cantilever
Propped Cantilever
Build-in
Several load cases and load combinations are supported Output:
Reactions at supports
Calculated Deflections and Stresses
Plot of stress and deflections
Printed Result
Minimum Steel Sections for the given load cases.
Several configurations & calculation options…
Welding Symbols
Several welding symbols Include:
Fillet
Bevel-butt
Vee-Butt
Square-Butt
U-Butt
J-Butt
Flare-V
Flare-bevel
Plug
Spot welding
Seam welding
Stud welding
Bead welding
Surface welding
Welding note option
Configurable size & layers
Several options & auxiliary symbols: Site, all round, leader, intermittent…
Other structural utilities included
Steel Shapes included:
Metric:
Australian : (BHP):Hot Rolled sections, including: UB, UC, PFC, EA, UA, Welded UB & UC and RHS.
European : (DIN):INP & IPE, HEA & HEB, UNP & UPE, LE & LU, & RHS
British Standard : (BS): UB, UC, PFC, EA, UA, CHS & RHS
Canadian : (CISC) : W, WWF, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & HSS.
South African : (RSA): I , H, Channels, Angles, & RHS.
Japanese : (JIS): I , H, Channels, Angles, & RHS.
Indian : (IS):Beams , Channels, Angles, & RHS.
Chinese: HW, M &N Beams, Channels, Angles, & RHS sections,
English:
US : AISC/ASTM: W & WT, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & RHS
Canadian : (CISC):W, WWF, S, M, HP, C, MC, L & HSS.