Editions

New features in FIN EC programs:

Steel

• Custom filtering of the cross-section database
• Profiled sheets with bends and grooves
• Update of standards for stainless steel structures

Steel Connection

• Effect of normal force in a rigid end plate connection

Loading

• Slovak National Annex to EN 1998-1-1
• Calculation of the response spectra

Concrete Fire

• Modified hydrocarbon curve

Fin 2D, Fin 3D, Section, Concrete

• Support of *.dgn file format

All programs

• Cloud connection - Cloud storage support

New price list

See the new price list effective from the 1st of November 2023.

Try all new features

Simply try new features in our Trial version for free.

Try software for free

 

Update your software

Subscribers and Maintenance users can install the new Edition for free. Other customers can buy the Single Upgrade in our Shop - just sign to your account.

Update your software

 

Buy the Upgrade

New features in FIN EC programs:

• All programs – dark mode
• Loading – seismicity classification according to EN 1998-1
• Steel Fire, Concrete Fire, Timber Fire – improved drawing of fire protection
• Steel Fire, Concrete Fire, Timber Fire – bulk input of the fire resistance time
• Timber Fire – extended range of fire details
• Concrete – option to change the appearance of the interaction diagram in the outputs
• Steel – composite cross-section made of sheet piles

Try all new features

Simply try our Demo version for free without any analysis limitations.

Try software for free

 

Update your software

Users of FIN EC 2023 can install the new Update for free. Other customers can buy the Single Upgrade or Subscription in our Shop - just sign to your account.

Update your software

 

Buy the Upgrade

Design programs

• Copying of tasks between projects

Fin 2D, Fin 3D

• Envelopes for deformations
• Envelopes for inner forces according to the load duration
• Additional options for a description of diagrams

Steel

• Verification of profiled sheets
• Input of different LT-buckling lengths for every load case

New features in FIN EC programs:

• Punching - Shear reinforcement in the floor plan
• Loading - More options for summaries
• Masonry - Layout drawing of concentrated load close to the edge of the wall
• Fin 2D - Default layers for drawing tools

Save with our Packages

Save up to 40 % of the price with packages and get Fine Maintenance for better price.
Tip: Purchase your missing programs within the package with a package discount.

See all program packages with benefits.

 

Try all new features in Demo

Simply try our Demo version for free without any analysis limitations.

Download Demoversion

 

Update your software

Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the new Edition for free. Other customers can calculate the price of their Single Upgrade in our Shop – just sign into your account or contact us.

Update your software

 

Buy the Upgrade

New mass inputs in design programs

In the spring edition are entirely new mass inputs of parameters in design programs. It is possible to edit all parameters in one dialog window accessible from the main toolbar.

64bit version

64bit version of all Fin EC programs. This version has the most impact on Fin 3D and designing massive structures, whereas the 32bit version was limited by the process memory.

More news in programs:

• All programs – enhanced support for Windows 11
• Steel, Steel fire – extended material database
• Concrete, Concrete beam, Concrete fire – editable cement class
• Design programs – augmented visibility of cross-section axes
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D – list of structure’s volume
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D – enhanced export of reactions
• Steel connections – shear strength calculation for anchor bolts
• Steel fire, Timber fire – display of fire protection in cross-section

Save with Maintenance

Fine Maintenanace support program guarantees you savings and the following advantages:

• Free updates and the latest Edition
• 10% discount on new software purchases
• Priority technical and engineering support

Buy Maintenance

New features in FIN EC 2022

The new edition brings enhancements across FIN EC programs. Major improvements include new features in Punching, assessment of wall subjected to concentrated vertical load in Masonry and possibility to perform a mathematical operations in the input lines.

Watch a short video about new features in FIN EC 2022.

 

Extended functionality of Punching program

• Possibility to add multiple load cases
• Defining negative area load and point load on floor-slabs
• The longitudinal reinforcement for column head and foundation-slab individually defined
• Stirrups have a user-defined angle
• Export drawing to *.dxf

New features in FIN EC programs

• Masonry - Added assessment of wall subjected to concentrated vertical load.
• Loading - Calculation of wind load acting on spheres
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D - Optimized calculation for members with excluded tension or compression
• Concrete Fire - Optimized shear assessment
• Steel Fire - Editable emissivity of the surface
• Steel - Expanded database of hot-rolled cross-sections
• Steel - Optional buckling verification for second-order analysis

Improvements within all FIN EC programs

• Mathematical operations in the input lines
• Enhanced work on multiple displays
• Dialog windows – support for low-resolution display
• Annotations – formatting of the text

Save with our Packages

Save up to 40 % of the price with packages and get Fine Maintenance for better price.
Tip: Purchase your missing programs within the package with a package discount.

See all program packages with benefits.

 

Try all new features in Demo

Simply try our Demo version for free without any analysis limitations.

Download Demoversion

 

Update your software

Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the new Edition for free. Other customers can calculate the price of their Single Upgrade in our Shop – just sign into your account or contact us.

Update your software

 

Buy the Upgrade

Generator of the loads for beams

A newly added generator in designing programs allows defining common loads for the beams. In addition, it’s possible to apply area load by defining the load width.

Transfer loads across the programs

Easily make an alternative design in other FIN EC program using the new copy/paste functions for beam loads.

Wind load on vertical cylinders

The Loading program allows the calculation of wind load on vertical cylinders. The total wind force or the surface pressure can be determined.

Watch a short video presentation of new features and improvements..

Other new features in FIN EC programs

• All programs - Export and import of the general project data
• FIN 2D a FIN 3D - Added drawing setting to describe only the selected nodes or members
• FIN 2D a FIN 3D - Added drawing setting to define the number of decimals in reactions
• FIN 2D a FIN 3D - It's possible to change the drawing settings for individual pictures
• FIN 2D a FIN 3D - List of reactions for every load case includes sum of all the permanent load cases
• Concreate Beam - It's possible to define longitudinal reinforcement for ordinary meter
• Concrete, Concreate Beam - Check of the stirrups spacing
• Concrete, Concrete Fire, Concrete Beam - Added option for default cross sections of slabs and beams
• Concrete, Concrete Fire, Concrete Beam, Punching - Added option for default
• Designing programs - Easier import from basic design to fire resistance design and vice versa

Save with Maintenance

Fine Maintenanace support program guarantees you savings and the following advantages:

• Free updates and the latest Edition
• 10% discount on new software purchases
• Priority technical and engineering support

Buy Maintenance

• Annexes are a new tool, enabling to enter texts, import and edit images, PDF files and include them in the output protocol. Imported Annexes are stored within the program data.
• Take a look at how to work with Annexes (in GEO5/ FIN EC programs).

New features in programs

• Printing window - new navigation in the document with the help of tree menu (all programs)
• Import DWG - Enhanced options of the *.dwg import (all programs)
• FIN 2D and FIN 3D - Display cross-section name on the workspace
• Verification programs - New node type "Internal hinge with support" for the task type Beam
• Steel, Steel Fire - User-defined selection of lateral torsional buckling curve
• Corbel - Consideration of horizontal force eccentricity in the verification of tensile reinforcement
• Punching - Option to change the range of considered reinforcement for foundation slabs

New Localization

• Italian localization of all FIN EC programs
• Italian national annex for Eurocodes in all programs
• Output report localization - You can generate output documents in any available program language (EN, DE, IT, CZ, SK); regardless of the program language used. Just purchase the "Output Language" in the online Shop.

Introducing new Engineering Manuals

Update of FIN EC 2020 brings these new features and improvements:

All programs

• customizable colour scheme of output documents

Concrete, Concrete Fire, Concrete Beam, Punching

• national annex for the United Kingdom

Concrete

• option to disable minimum eccentricity for plain concrete

Punching

• enlarged column footing in a foundation slab

Steel, Steel Fire

• welded HSQ cross-sections
• extended database of cold-formed profiles

Steel

• verification of beam deformation for frequent combinations

Loading

• wind load on free-standing walls and signboards

Fin 2D, Fin 3D

• simplified list of combinations

Fin 2D

• redesigned editing tools

Simply try our Demo version for free.

Fine Maintenance subscribers and FIN EC 2020 users can download and install the Update for free. Other users can calculate the price of the Single Upgrade in our Shop - just log into your account.

The new tool Annotations

• Enables to draw lines, curves, objects and descriptions on the program desktop
• Allows to add users dimensions by snapping on the structure
• Implemented tools allow to copy, move or edit objects as in CAD programs
• All annotations are a part of standard FIN EC outputs (pictures, protocols)

Watch the video on how to make Annotations in FIN EC programs.

The new sorting tool in tables

• Tables newly allow to sort the content by columns and export the content to other programs such as Word, Excel

Packages overview

Save up to 40 % of the price with packages and get Fine Maintenance for better price.

Tip: Purchase your missing programs within the package with a package discount.

See all program packages with benefits.

Try all new features in Demo

Simply try our Demo version for free without any analysis limitations.

Download Demoversion

 

Update your software

Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the new Edition for free. Other customers can calculate the price of their Single Upgrade in our Shop – just sign into your account or contact us.

Update your software

 

Buy the Upgrade

FIN EC 2019 News & Improvements

• BIM Support - Export to both IFC and LandXML formats in Fin 3D program
• Font selection in output reports 
• Supported operating systems such as Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, no longer support for Windows XP

Simply try our FIN EC Demo version for free without any analysis limitations.

Update your software

Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the new Edition for free. Other customers can calculate the price of their Single Upgrade in our Shop – just sign into your account or contact us.

  New Program Packages

We have introduced two new program packages - Basic Package for basic structural design of individual elements or details and the Fire Package for easy verification of fire resistance of steel, concrete and timber structures.

  More cost-effective Fine Maintenance for Program Packages       

•  Professional Package - Annual Maintenance 440 €
•   Basic Package - Annual Maintenance 220 €
•   Concrete Package - Annual Maintenance 160 €
•   Steel Package - Annual Maintenance 120 €
•   Timber Package - Annual Maintenance 80 €
•   Fire Package - Annual Maintenance 100 €

Do you use programs in an older version or without Fine Maintenance?

Contact us and switch to cost-effective packages with significantly lower maintenance costs and benefits i.e. when a new program is added to a package, maintained customers get that program for free.

  Require Software for a Single Project? Try our Lease Plans

Do you need software for a once off specific project? Then take advantage of one of our lease plans. If you like the software, you can convert it to a perpetual license at a very favourable price. Check out our New Price List.

Spring update brings following improvements in our programs:

Verification programs

• adjustable width of tree menu
• drag and drop operations with tasks in tree menu
• selection of tasks in tree menu supports keys Shift (range) and Ctrl (add into selection)
• new shortcuts for tree menu: Ctrl+A (select all), Ctrl+I (inverted selection), Del (delete)

Fin 2D, Fin 3D

• tool for an export of reactions (compatible with Geo5 programs)

Concrete, Concrete Fire

• import of projects from the program “Concrete Beam”

Concrete Beam

• shift of moment line due to shear effect
• tools for changing the order of longitudinal reinforcement

Steel

• import of projects from the program “Steel Fire”

Steel Fire

• import of projects from the program “Steel”
• verification of standard design combinations for ULS

Timber

• import of projects from the program “Timber Fire”

Timber Fire

• import of projects from the program “Timber”
• verification of standard design combinations for ULS

Loading

• improvements of user interface

Simply try our Demo version for free.

Fine Maintenance subscribers and FIN EC 2018 users can download and install the Spring Update for free. Other users can calculate the price of the Single Upgrade in our Shop - just log into your account.

The new Edition features number of changes and improvements: 

General improvements

• Improved appearance
• Editable font size in documents
• Import of projects using XML format

Fin 2D, Fin 3D

• Members with variable cross-sections (haunches)
• Alignment of members on screen
• Easier selection of existing cross-sections and materials

Verification programs

• Import of forces from clipboard
• New window for import of forces
• Haunches for task types “Member” and “Beam” 
• Input of cross-section in segments

Punching

• Punching of foundations

Loading

• Wind load for vertical walls in two directions
• Consideration of the lack of correlation of wind pressures for walls

Try the Demo version for free.

Upgrade to FIN EC 2018

Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the new Edition for free. Other users can calculate the price of the Single Upgrade in our Shop - just log into your account.

Fine Maintenance

Subscribe to the Fine Maintenance program and get all upgrades, including new Editions for free. Fine Maintenance subscribers will be offered a special 10% discount on new software or license purchases

FIN EC 2017 features many changes and improvements :

General improvements

• New window for document printing
• Autosave option in all programs
• High resolution screen support (UHD, 4K)

Steel, Steel Fire, Timber, Timber Fire

• New function "Beam" for comprehensive analysis of horizontal beams with specified loads.

Fin 2D, Fin 3D

• Utilization displayed for all members of the structure
• Merged windows with drawing settings
• Workspace show changes in drawing settings
• National annexes for Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria
• Improved manipulation tools (move, copy, mirror)
• Extraction of a member from a design group
• Extended options of inputting loads

Programs for RC structure analysis

• Support of new standards CSN EN 1992-1-1 Z3 and STN EN 1992-1-1 A1/NA

Concrete Beam

• Improved brief analysis report

Concrete, Concrete Fire

• Improved analysis speed

Punching

• New details "Wall end" and "Wall corner"
• General procedure for factor β calculation
• User-defined value of factor k_max

Loading

• National annexes for Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria

Simply try our Demo version for free.

Upgrade to FIN EC 2017

Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the new Edition for free. Other users can calculate the price of the Single Upgrade in our Shop - just log into your account.

Get a significant discount on Single Upgrade – offer is available till 31.12.2016

Fine Maintenance

Subscribe to the Fine Maintenance program and get all upgrades, including new Editions for free. Fine Maintenance subscribers will be offered a special 10% discount on new software or license purchases.

New update of FIN EC software brings following new features in programs Fin 2D and Fin 3D:

Simplified tree menu

• The new tree menu improves the orientation in the software and speeds up the input of structures. Main changes are:
• Unification of tree menus for preprocessor and postprocessor
• New modes “Edit” and “Remove” work both for joints and members
• New mode “Tools” with tools for modifications of structures

Improved selection of elements

• Updated version uses selection methods common in CAD applications.
• Dragging from left to right selects objects that are entirely enclosed in rectangle, dragging from right to left selects objects that are crossed by rectangle
• Shortcuts “Ctrl”+”A” for the selection of all objects and key “Esc” for cancellation of a selection
• Easier selection in tables using keys “Shift” and “Ctrl”

Context menus in the workspace

• Context menus for elements in the workspace and tables were added. These context menus contain the most common functions and tools. Context menu can be opened using right mouse click. Context menus also contain:
• The most common features located in the tree menu (e.g. Edit, Remove)
• Tools for batch edit (Copy properties, Modify supports)
• Tools for the work with loads

Graphical input of members in Fin 3D

• Members can be now specified by a length and direction. Also snap points and snapping to significant directions can be used during input of structures.

Existing users of FIN EC version 5 and Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the latest improvements for free. Other users can calculate the price of their Single Upgrade in our Shop – just sign into your account or contact us.

News and improvements

• Fin 2D and Fin 3D: Pictures in text documents
• Concrete: 3D interaction diagram
• Punching: Column heads
• Concrete Beam: Simple report
• Steel: general built-up cross-section with 4 L-profiles
• Steel connections: details with fin plates
• Loading: Wind load for canopy roofs
• New appearance of programs
• Read-only mode

Enhanced list of improvements

Pictures in documentation
Figures can be added into text documentation in programs Fin 2D and Fin 3D. These figures are constantly updated and show already the latest results.

3D interaction diagram
The program Concrete contains 3D interaction diagram for cross-sections. It shows both 3D view and significant planar cuts.

Column heads
The details of column-slab connection in the program Punching may be reinforced by column heads. Several types are available (step, oblique, general shape).

Detail with fin plates in Steel Connections
Connection of beam to column or girder with the help of fin plate.

Wind load on canopy roofs
The program Loading creates the loading reports for wind on canopy roofs.

Other features:

• Concrete – choice of reinforcement ductility class
• Steel: general built-up cross-section with 4 L-profiles
• New appearance of programs
• Read-only mode

Contextual Help

Contextual Help FIN EC has been released in English. It contains detailed explanations of the methods used in our software and is accessible in any of our FIN EC programs by pressing the F1 key. Alternatively visit the Online Help.

Existing users of FIN EC version 5 and Fine Maintenance subscribers can download and install the latest improvements for free. Other users can calculate the price of their Single Upgrade in our Shop – just sign into your account or contact us.

New program

• Concrete Fire
  • fire resistance of RC members according to EN 1992-1-2
  • determination of temperature in concrete and reinforcement bars
  • general combination of actions (normal and shear forces, bending and torsional moments)
  • nominal and parametric fire exposure curves
  • basic and accidental loads, import of loads from file
  • analysis according to 500°C isotherm method or Zone method
  • import of projects created in programs Concrete 2D and Concrete 3D

New features

• all dimensioning programs – covering page for graphical documents
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D – members with excluded tension or compression
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D – deformation in all points of structure
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D – auto save option
• Fin 2D, Fin 3D – copy of load case including loads
• Fin 3D – input of loads in the local coordinate system of the cross-section
• Concrete Beam – spring supports, internal hinges, analysis nodes
• Concrete Beam – tapers
• Concrete 2D, Concrete 3D – input of effective modulus of elasticity for stress verification
• Concrete 2D, Concrete 3D – stress and deformation diagrams
• Loading – envelope of wind loads on roof
• Loading – localization based on force (calculation of anchors)
• Steel – manual input of buckling curve
• Steel – plastic analysis of general cross-sections created in program Section
• Steel – sketch of effective cross-section for class 4
• Timber – wood-based materials
• Timber Fire – analysis of built-up cross-sections
• Steel Joints, Steel Base – export of DXF file
• Steel joints – bottom haunch without flange
• Masonry – new verification of pillars and walls
• Masonry – new load template – pillar/wall
• Masonry – effective thickness of wall
• Section – import of DXF file

New program

• Corbel
  • check of RC corbel using the strut-and-tie models
  • directly and indirectly supported corbels
  • determination of maximal stress in concrete
  • verification of main tensile reinforcement and stirrups
  • input of main tensile reinforcement in two layers
  • large selection of the most common shapes of corbels

Improvements in version 3

• FIN 2D, FIN 3D
  • service class for timber structures according to EN 1995-1-1
  • combinations for final deflections according to EN 1995-1-1
  • faster data loading and saving to disc
  • enhanced algorithms for optimization of joint numbering
  • contextual help for programs

General improvements

• national annexes for Poland
• output language: German
• basic User Guide in English

Any Maintenance subscriber or user of FIN EC version 3 can install the improvements for free. Other users can obtain the latest version by purchasing Single Upgrade.

General improvements

• updated appearance of programs
• national annexes for Slovakia
• adjustable text size for workspace
• text size adapts to the workspace zoom
• mass input is available also for standalone design programs
• print of active workspace in design programs
• batch printing of graphic documents for members

Further modifications and improvements

• FIN 2D, FIN 3D
  • scissor joints
  • load combinations in outputs are divided into combinations for ultimate and serviceability limit states
  • enhanced tables of load cases
• Concrete 2D, Concrete 3D, Concrete Beam
  • new dialog box for shear and torsion reinforcement
  • single legged stirrups
  • input of single bent-up bar (not row)
  • accidental design situations
• Concrete 3D
  • design of general cross-section created in program Section
• FIN 2D
  • CAD-like input of topology
• Steel
  • design of general cross-section created in program Section

General improvements

• easy selection of design standard and input of partial factors
• generating back-up copies of projects in format *.backup
• import of internal forces from files in format *.txt or *.csv into designing programs
• possibility to change order of projects in the tree
• printing of detailed partial results in programs Steel, Steel Fire, Timber and Timber Fire
• improved automatically generated labels of cross-sections including dimensions
• Slovak and English outputs for all programs

Further modifications and improvements

• FIN 2D, FIN 3D
  • selection of a general standard for compiling combinations
  • envelopes of reactions
  • possibility to optimize numbering of members for computation
  • more items in the input tree may be open at once
  • simplified input of special properties of members
  • FIN 2D allows measuring of distance (it is located in Tools)
• Concrete 2D, Concrete 3D
  • arbitrary number of reinforcement rows
  • input of reinforcement by defining distance between bars
  • number of bars may be determined as decimal number
  • member type "Wall"
  • import of general cross-section topology including reinforcement from file in format *.dxf (available only in Concrete 3D)
• Concrete Beam
  • automatically computed factor of load duration for generated combinations
• Masonry
  • possibility to run computation according to Eurocode without national annex
• Loading
  • database of imposed loads and self-weight of stored materials according to EN 1991-1-1
  • updated database of building materials
  • user-defined catalogue of building materials directly connected with the default catalogue
  • snow load according to STN EN 1991-1-3/NA1 valid from March 1st, 2012
• Steel, Steel Fire
  • verification of anti-corrosive steel according to EN 1993-1-4
  • possibility to set "cold formed" for arbitrary cross-section
  • cross-section composed from hot rolled I-profiles allows to input number of profiles in cross-section
• Timber Fire
  • fire detail "Wall column, exposed from both sides"
  • fire detail "Wall column, exposed for one side"