CESDb is a website founded by engineers for engineers. Our mission is to provide a software library where engineers, researchers and academics can easily access free or shareware civil engineering software. We are currently listing 480 programs under 12 categories with descriptions, screenshots and manuals if available. We always try to keep the site up-to-date and new software titles added regularly.

• Computer Aided Design
• Construction Management
• Earthquake Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• General Tools
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Hydraulic Engineering
• Structural Analysis
• Structural Design
• Surveying
• Transportation Engineering
• Water Resources

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• iOS
• Android

Thin Walled Sections Analysis

ThinWallSections is a software tool for analysis of multi-cell thin-wall sections. Runs Stand Alone and also Integrates tightly with Excel and Matlab.

Life Cycle Analysis of Buildings

Buildings LCA is a simplified tool that let mobile/tablet users in Android/Apple devices to have an easy-friendly lifecycle calculation.

Stainless Steel Calculator

ECCS EC3 Calculator provides a database of stainless steel products and suppliers and also calculates the resistance of beams and beam-columns.

Connection Design According ENV 1993

CoP (Connection Program) is a software to design joints between open sections in steel building frames according to ENV 1993 (Eurocode 3).

Fire Calculation for Industrial Halls

LUCA calculates displacements and additional horizontal forces that appear in industrial halls during fire enabling the engineers to consider their effect in the design in order to avoid collapse or risk of human life.

2D Drafting Tool on Mobile Devices

AutoCAD mobile is a DWG viewing application, with easy-to-use drawing and drafting tools that allow you to view, create, edit and export AutoCAD drawings on mobile devices.

Pre-design of Large Span Trusses

Trusses+ is dedicated to the pre-design of Large Span Trusses in conformity with the European rules for steel structures.

Shoring Design, Lagging Design, and Lateral Soil Pressure Analysis

RE Shoring Wall is state-of-the-art software for designing shoring systems using current industry standards and methods. Shoring Design, Lagging Design, and Lateral Soil Pressure Analysis tools are combined into one powerful, user-friendly application.

Slope Inclinometer

SiteMaster is a modern and powerful software program for processing and presenting inclinometer readings.

Predesign of Steel or Composite Cellular Beams with Circular Openings

Predesign of steel or composite cellular beams with circular openings in cold and fire conditions.

Groundwater Modeling

Groundwater Vistas is a state of the art software package for 3D groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling, calibration and optimization using the MODFLOW suite of codes.

Steel and Composite Castellated Beams with Sinusoidal Openings

Predesign of steel and composite castellated beams with sinusoidal openings in normal and fire situation.