Created by engineers for effective engineering, SAP2000 is the ideal software tool for users of any experience level, designing any structural system. An additional suite of advanced analysis features are available to users engaging state-of-the-art practice with nonlinear and dynamic consideration. The SAPFire ® Analysis Engine integral to SAP2000 drives a sophisticated finite-element analysis procedure. Basic and advanced systems, ranging from 2D to 3D, of simple geometry to complex, may be modeled, analyzed, designed, and optimized using a practical and intuitive object-based modeling environment that simplifies and streamlines the engineering process. SAP2000 is general-purpose civil-engineering software ideal for the analysis and design of any type of structural system. Please visit the Technical Knowledge Base for documentation on topics common to all CSI Software.