Faster connection design with templates and company sets

Why this matters for engineers

For years, connection design has been too repetitive. Even when a similar joint was already modeled, engineers had to start from scratch or heavily modify an existing one. With version 25.0, IDEA StatiCa eliminates that friction. The combination of a modern UI, rich template library, and customizable Company Sets means engineers can start faster, modify less, and focus more on engineering decisions — not software operations.

It doesn’t stop there though…

Once you start Connection you will see the all-new Connection Wizard.

This is a continuation of the UI theme we have worked on over the last 12 months. We listened to your requests and implemented a consistent and coherent approach to connection design.

The new wizard combines the previous approach based on geometry with the engine of the Connection Library under the hood.

This has given the connection design access to significantly more starting templates than ever before. Obviously, with greater choice comes greater flexibility but also a requirement for narrowing the search down.

Once you have defined the basic geometry you can start to refine the search for a suitable connection by a simple search keyword, such as ‘fin’. The results are fairly instantaneous meaning less waiting and a better start point for your initial design.

As I mentioned, underpinning this design selection is the engine of Connection Library. This further allows organizations to limit the design templates available to their staff thus making company standards much easier to implement and maintain.

How Company Sets ensure compliance and consistency

Thanks to Company Sets, organizations can predefine which templates are visible to designers, restrict editable parameters, and enforce internal standards at scale. That means:

• Only approved connection types are used
• Bolt grades, spacings, and materials align with internal specs
• Less variation across teams and offices
• Built-in quality control, without extra oversight

For multi-office firms or teams working in regulated environments, this is a game-changer in reducing errors and simplifying QA.

The enhancements keep on coming!

It is now even easier to see which templates have parametric content.

Parameters make it easier to control certain aspects of a connection, such as :

• Bolt grade
• Steel material
• Plate thicknesses

However, they can also combine functions to drive relationships within connections. For more information on parametric design why look at our Campus course – Basics in IDEA Parametric Design.

Parameters can simplify the overall design process by giving both organizations and designers more control of what can be designed and how.

Thicknesses that only need to be set once instead of multiple times, bolt spacings derived form number of bolts, the possibilities are only limited by your imagination.

How parametric templates unlock real-world speed

This isn’t just about flexibility, it’s about removing redundancy. Setting thicknesses once and having them apply across multiple components? Automatically adjusting welds or bolt rows based on parametric rules? That’s not just clever modeling, it’s time you’re not wasting on repetitive manual edits. And because parameters are embedded into reusable templates, your engineering intent carries over from project to project.

With IDEA StatiCa 25.0, we’re not just improving the UI, we’re changing the experience of connection design altogether:

• Start faster with over 200 validated templates
• Stay compliant using Company Sets that lock in your standards
• Customize less thanks to embedded parametric control
• Design safely – all templates are fully code-compliant

The result? You and your team spend more time engineering, less time remodeling.

Why not try the all-new IDEA StatiCa Version 25.0 today?