Previous webinars

LUSAS plugin V2 for Grasshopper

Learn about new LUSAS plugin components for Grasshopper and see a range of model types showing the components in use:


  • Live link - Live updates between Grasshopper and LUSAS.
  • Custom attribute - Create any LUSAS attribute by providing the LPI commands that define it.
  • Refer attribute - Refer to an attribute that exists in the LUSAS model.
  • See also how to use Python inside Grasshopper to generate models parametrically.


Uploaded on 26/6/25

LUSAS plugin for Grasshopper

Find out how to use our newly released official LUSAS plugin for Grasshopper to:

 

  • Create structural models for LUSAS using dedicated Grasshopper components.
  • Interact directly with Grasshopper parametric models, make parametric changes and preview the model in real-time.
  • Seamlessly link to LUSAS with the press of a button.


Uploaded on 18/2/25

LUSAS design facilities for the UK and Europe

Recent LUSAS releases have increased the range of design codes supported. Three presentation sessions will show and highlight some of the design code based capabilities for these applications:


  • Vehicle and rail load optimisation.
  • Steel/composite deck design and steel frame design.
  • Post-tensioning and RC frame design


Uploaded 21/11/24

New and improved "Overground" features in Version 21

Watch an overview of some of the new features and improvements in LUSAS version 21 that provide smarter tools for civil and bridge applications. Hands-on sessions show the use of:


  • Embedded rebar - Draw it like it is 
  • FCM wizard - Complex time stage simply delivered 
  • Improved traffic loading - "Everything, everywhere, all at once." 
  • Pedestrian dynamics - Vertical and lateral excitations to codes


Presentations of these new features also show related facilities introduced in Version 21.


Uploaded 19/1/2024.

Version 20 update for UK and Europe

Watch an overview of the new features and improvements in LUSAS version 20 that provide more productivity, more design and more applications of the software for this region.


Hands-on sessions show the use of:

  • Automation using a Grasshopper plug-in
  • Improved workflow - extending from analysis into design
  • Joints and soil-structure interaction.


(Similar webinars were run for other regions)


Version 19 update for UK and Europe

Watch an overview of the new features and improvements in LUSAS version 19 for this region.


Hands-on sessions show the use of:

  • New Composite Deck Wizard
  • Grillage modelling using the grillage wizard and new grillage attrbutes
  • The range of design checking options available
  • Slope stability modelling using Phi-c reduction analysis.


(Similar webinars were run for other regions)