Why ENERCALC?
It’s simple…
ENERCALC SEL provides structural engineers and civil engineers with a single, consistent, easy-to-use source for the common analysis and design tasks common to all buildings.
From steel, wood and composite beams to retaining walls, you will be more productive than you thought possible!
We believe that the simple calculations for elements of a building are the most common, repetitive and tedious calculations an engineer performs. This is evident in the multitude of spreadsheets most engineers have developed for their most routine calculations.
Stephen Horne, PE
SCH Engineering, Chattanooga TN
ENERCALC users for over 25 years
No more tedious spreadsheet maintenance
Maintaining these spreadsheets and repeatedly updating them to the latest design guidelines and governing codes is tedious, tiring, unpaid, unprofitable work – spreadsheet after spreadsheet, year after year. In ENERCALC SEL, we handle all the software updates to governing codes, design guidelines, material databases, etc.
Imagine flying into a city
What you see is hundreds of square miles of small, low-rise and mid-rise buildings, each needing a remodel or will be used as the site of a future new building.
Do high rise buildings dominate the landscape? No, only in the small circled area.
What you will see is that 99% of the land area is filled with low rise buildings needing simple, yet critically important, structural calculations.
This is the work ENERCALC excels at.
A consistent tool for the bulk of your work
You DO NOT need that very impressive fully-integrated multi-level building design system for 99% of building design analysis.
What you need is a tool specifically designed to handle the detailed tasks of designing the small elements of these buildings: ENERCALC.
Simply call up one of the dozens of ENERCALC modules and you can effortlessly enter your design data and watch as the calculations unfold before you in real-time.
A simple yet powerful tool
ENERCALC is designed as a consistently-designed fill-in-the-blanks “calculation pad” style form with inputs on the left and outputs on the right.
Simply call up one of the dozens of modules and you can effortlessly enter your design data and watch as the calculations unfold before you. All modules are consistent in design, inputs on the left, outputs on the right.
This interactive system combines the best of both spreadsheet & traditional user interfaces. Please download the fully-functional trial version for a complete usage experience.
Here are some highlights that set us apart
NO EXCUSES 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE – We want you to be happy with your purchase decision – even if that means going somewhere else.
CONSISTENT DESIGN – All inputs on the left, all outputs on the right. Learn one module and you’ve learned them all.
PROJECT MANAGER organizes your set of calculations for each project.
SUPPORTS THE LATEST GOVERNING CODES & DESIGN STANDARDS – ENERCALC includes support for the latest governing codes and design standards, including:
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- IBC 2021 (IBC 2024 changes are in progress, most were delivered between July and Dec 2024)
- ASCE 7-16 (ASCE 7-22 changes are in progress, most were delivered between July and Dec 2024)
- ACI 318-14 and ACI 318-19 – including the recent shear design provision changes.
- ACI 530-13
- TMS 402-16
- AISC 360-16 (AISC 360-22 changes are in progress)
- NDS 2018 including AWS SDPWS 2021 (NDS 2024 changes are in progress)
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BUILT-IN MATERIAL DATABASES – Built-in databases for steel and wood members AND timber stress databases (for manufactured & sawn lumber).
EXTENSIVE GRAPHICS – Includes 2D (and some 3D graphics) for both design sketches and stress diagrams.
STREAMLINED ANALYSIS & “WHAT IF” PROCESSES – Quickly and efficiently perform sensitivity analysis and explore “what if” design options.
SUPERB PRINTOUTS – Calculation reports offer a user-specified title block & logo, attractive font choices, and well-organized details.
INTEGRATED LOAD COMBINATIONS – The Project Load Combination manager is integrated with all calculation modules that use load combinations, making your work easy.
EASY TO INTERPRET RESULTS – Results are easy to interpret thanks to extensive 2D and 3D sketches, stress diagrams and column interaction diagrams.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT BY EXPERIENCED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS – Our technical / engineering support is provided by experienced structural engineers (10 to 25 years) who used ENERCALC at their firm.
GREAT DOCUMENTATION – Complete on-line Windows help system documents the entire system – and it was written by practicing structural engineers, rather than programmers.
BUY WITH CONFIDENCE – ENERCALC has served structural & civil engineers since 1982 (over 42 years). We serve tens of thousands of engineers at thousands of firms worldwide – including building review departments!
AUTOMATED UPDATES – Automatic software update system notifies you when new builds are available.
BUDGET-FRIENDLY SUBSCRIPTIONS – Subscriptions assure you of continually receiving the latest software with automated updates.
Widespread Adoption, Risk-free purchase, Time-saving investment
Actively used in over 5000 firms nationwide, each purchase is backed by our no excuses money back guarantee. This shows just how confident we are that ENERCALC SEL will be one of your most cost-effective investments.
What has to be true…
…about an engineer that they would use a product for 40 years?
… about the company for someone to be their customer for 40 years?
… about a company’s products and customer service that would cause a customer to stick around for 40 years?
… about the user experience for a user to stick around for 40 years while the technology changes from Visicalc, Lotus 1-2-3, DOS, Windows, cloud, etc?
Rick is not alone.
We meet engineers at every convention who come to our booth and say “I’ve been using ENERCALC for 40 / 30 / 25 years…“
As of December 2024, ENERCALC has…
373 customers who have been active subscribers for 10,000 days or more (since at least July 1997)
1815 customers who have been active subscribers for 5,000 days or more (since at least Mar 2011)
What has to be true about a company and its software for that to happen?