The fastest way to find section properties for any cross section. Calculates shear and torsion properties as well as stress distribution.

Engineers Choose ShapeBuilder
ShapeBuilder is the most popular section property calculator available. Customers tell us it offers "fast results" and is "very easy to use". This tool goes beyond civil/structural applications to include mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, and construction industries.

Make Custom Shapes
Create built-up or cut-down structural shapes quickly using a variety of techniques.
Easy Shape Changes
Powerful graphical editor allows you to modify or change things.
Do Composite Shapes
Find transformed section properties for shapes in multiple materials.
Get Stress Analysis
Investigate bending and shear stress distribution under body-force loading. Accurate finite element results.
Export to
Create a library of shapes. Use these shapes as member elements in your VisualAnalysis projects. Even get design checks for certain profiles.

Manufactured Shapes
Includes built-in libraries of shapes from AISC, CISC, AISI, NDS, ADM, EuroSteel, Australian Steel, Rebar. Includes Historic AISC shapes, too.

Command Line
ShapeBuilder includes a simple command-line to provide another way of working with your shapes. This power-user feature offers the power of C# programming. Sometimes you know what you want to do, but not how, graphically. The command-line makes it easy.

Programmable
Create your own external scripts. You can automate the task of importing a CAD file, calculating properties, saving the ShapeBuilder project and creating a report. This is just one example of streamlining your workflow with ShapeBuilder.

Find Shear and Torsion
Calculate torsion and warping constants for open or closed sections. View the warping function graphically.

Make Excellent Reports
Create a concise one-page report with graphics to show all the calculated properties. Include dimensions or stress results.

Whats New
Fixes
Improved date handling for international regions
[Refreshed build 1/31/2023: Scripting was broken]