[CROSSPOST] Announcement: Tool for section properties including torsion and warping constant

Mechatools Technologies announces ShapeDesigner version 4.0

New version enhances existing user interface, adds design verification feature and includes DXFEasy to imposrt DXF files.

February 12, 2005

Mechatools Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of software tools for stress analysis and dynamic analysis of structures under moving loads, today announced the availability of ShapeDesigner Version 4.0.

ShapeDesigner is a specialized tool for calculating general beam section properties including torsion constant, warping constant and normal, warping and shear stresses.

Download a free evaluation version and see why ShapeDesigner has been evaluated and chosen as the best tool for computing section properties by clients such as U.S. Air Force Research Centers. ShapeDesigner is used in

6 universities throughout the world and sold in 16 countries.

Mechatools Technologies President Dr. Kamel Henchi stated: "Some customers are surprised to see how productive they become using a specialized tool like ShapeDesigner instead of expensive general purpose CAD. User feedback helps enhance functionality."

On the ShapeDesigner web page:

will find:

1) A full description of the product including calculated properties. 2) A three-part dynamic demo showing how to define the section, compute results and deal with composite section. 3) A hyperlink to download an evaluation version.

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About Mechatools Technologies Mechatools is the leading provider of software tools for the analysis of structures under moving loads. BEDAS (the only tool for the analysis of structures under moving loads based on the exact dynamics stiffness method), TWProfile (advanced general open thin wall composite beam section calculator) and ShapeDesigner are all tools part of Mechatools Studio.