SAP2000 - Steel Hangar Design Plugin

TOOL OVERVIEW

SAP2000 Steel Hangar Designer is a desktop plugin developed for the preliminary structural design of steel hangar buildings.
The tool focuses on automating repetitive SAP2000 modeling and analysis tasks while maintaining full engineering control over geometry, loading assumptions, and structural behavior.

Instead of manually rebuilding similar hangar models for each project, the plugin provides a guided workflow that generates, analyzes, and evaluates steel hangar structures directly inside SAP2000 using the CSI API.

──────────── KEY FEATURES ────────────
• Automated SAP2000 model generation for steel hangars
• Parametric definition of span, bay spacing, column height, and roof slope
• Portal frame–based structural layout with configurable bracing systems
• Automatic material and steel section assignment
• Gravity, wind, and basic seismic load case generation
• One-click analysis execution through the SAP2000 API
• Extraction of key analysis and design results
• Preliminary member utilization and demand/capacity checks
• Fully offline desktop workflow with no cloud dependency

──────────── PRELIMINARY DESIGN SCOPE ────────────
The plugin is intended for early-stage engineering and feasibility studies, including:
• Rapid comparison of alternative hangar geometries
• Initial sizing of primary steel members
• Structural system evaluation before detailed design
• Consistent and repeatable SAP2000 model creation

──────────── DEMO VERSION CAPABILITIES ────────────
The demo release includes:
• Automated generation of a predefined steel hangar model in SAP2000
• Execution of structural analysis from the plugin interface
• Review of selected analysis results inside the tool
• Limited parameter editing for geometry and loading

Note: A valid SAP2000 license (v23 or higher recommended) is required to enable CSI API functionality.
Advanced design checks, optimization features, and extended load configurations will be available in the full version.