Q. What is Structural Toolkit?
A. Structural Toolkit is an engineering design tool. Harnessing the power of Microsoft Excel and VBA Structural Toolkit has a minimal learning curve allowing the user to start designing structural elements - fast. It incorporates an easy interface and produces full design outputs.
    
Q. What is the difference between Structural Toolkit and other structural design software?
A. Some design software requires setting up of a full design model; some require standard load-cases to be set up every time; some provide old console style output; and others hide many essential intermediate steps in calculations to enable checking. Structural Toolkit allows designers to produce a designs efficiently and with minimal input to a standard format easily checked by others. Try and see the difference yourself.
    
Q. Who is using Structural Toolkit?
A. Many large and small design offices (in excess of 150) around Australia and a number of international offices have been using the software in various versions for over 6 years.
    
Q. What is Structural Toolkit capable of designing?
A. Using the Australian Standards as the basis of design, Structural Toolkit can design many elements for concrete, Steel, Timber and Masonry. All that is required is simple geometry and load inputs.
    

    
Q. What is the limitation of the trial version?
A. You get the full version to evaluate for 30 days, nothing is disabled. Printing does include a watermark which disappears following purchase?
    
Q. Can the duration of evaulation be extended?
A. If you just didn't get around to testing everything, or need more time to be sure about the purchase, contact us and we are able to extend the evaluation for a further 30 days.
    

    
Q. What do I get when I purchase Structural Toolkit?
A. When Structural Toolkit is purchased, you get the design software, hardware lock, access to version V3 updates and technical support.
    
Q. What methods of payment are avaiable?
A. Contact us for details of accepted payment methods.
    
Q. How long does the delivery take?
A. Following verification of your registration details, the software is usually dispatched within 2 working days.
    
Q. Do I have to pay a suscription fee for updates?
A. Updates for the current version 3 are free of charge. Live (V4) is a subscription product.
    

    
Prerequisites
    
Q. What version of Excel do I need to run Structural Toolkit
A. The minimum requirements are Excel 2003 or Office 2007. Office 2010 is not be supported.
    
Q. What OS version will work with Structural Toolkit
A. Windows XP, Windows 7-64 bit. Windows 7-32-bit is not supported but may work. Windows 7-64 requires a newer Rockey lock.
    
Q. Structural Toolkit does not recognise my lock?
A. Check that the hardware lock light is on and that all the drivers have been installed. If it is a single user lock attached to your workstation then make sure that a firewall is not conflicting or that virus protection is not disabling Excel's Macros. You must also allow macros in Excel. You can also try removing the lock and re-inserting into another USB port. Windows 7-64 bit requires a Rockey lock. (Hasp product not compatible)
    
Problems with starting Structural Toolkit
    
Q. I get an error code when Structural Toolkit starts
A. This is mostly caused by trying to run Structural Toolkit on an older version of Excel (typically Excel 97 or a corrupt installation).
    
Q. The menu buttons do not work
A. If Excel has a very high security settings then nothing will happen and you will not be prompted to allow macros to run. Contact us if you are having issues with Macro security.
    
Q. I am always asked if I want to enable macros?
A. Structural Toolkit provides its functionality using VBA. These are "Macros". To run Structural Toolkit the security must allow access to the Macros..
    
    

    
Q. What will the new version cost?
A. New license costs are currently being set and these will be higher than current pricing. There is a definate advantage in purchasing a V3 license as upgrading customers will certainly be rewarded for their product loyalty. The new software is subscription based which allows us to continue forward development as well as keeping the current design software updated to the latest design code changes.
    
Q. What is changing?
A. The basic functionality of being able to create a design quickly remains. But we are removing the requirement for Excel and wrapping everything in a modern interface complete with multiple document handling and file saving and loading and document control. Project designs are taken to a new level. The new platform also serves as a product base for new functionality being developed right now including handling of Microsoft Word and Excel 2007 documents, Adobe PDF handling, and static and dynamic frame analysis functionality.
    
Q. When will it arrive.
A. We have set a date of the Release Candidate on 1 August 2010. Check out some of the screen shots in the Product Information Page. If you request and are accepted as a Beta tester you will see this software quite soon.