Use CSE Reader
The free Reader version of CSE makes it easy to describe steel connection problems and examine every result in detail.
Castalia · CSE Reader
We Design Your Connections
Since 2000 Castalia s.r.l. has researched steel connection analysis, developed the cutting-edge CSE software, provided engineering consultancy and published papers and books. We now put our know-how at your disposal.
CSE Reader has an English interface and documentation. Translation of the video lessons is ongoing.
In short
On-demand design service
Send your requests through CSE Reader and receive designed and checked connections, complete with PDF reports.
Design modes
Design checks use clear closed formulae and verify that every applicable requirement is satisfied.
Consulting
Submit complete structures and ask Castalia to design all connections or a selected part of them.
Service cost
The service is paid per successfully designed joint, using prepaid credit.
Buy credit
Purchase token packages in the amount you need to access the automatic design service.
Connection Study Environment CSE
Born at the end of the 1990s, CSE was the first software in the world to automate the creation of finite-element analysis models for generic steel connections. Since 2020 it has included automated design based on closed formulae and user-defined design criteria, now available through the on-demand Steel Connection Design service.
Complex nodes
- Designed automatically.
- Based on the design criteria you define.
- For all the load combinations you require.
- According to Eurocode 3 / NTC or AISC-LRFD.
Elementary typical joints
- Automatic design is based on parametrised typical joints.
- Beam-to-beam, beam-to-column, bracings, splices, posts, stair steps and knees are already available.