IES VAConnect 2024 v7.0

Latest update

December 31, 2025

License Price

125 $

Windows

IES VAConnect 7.0

Steel and wood connection design. Handles base plate with concrete anchorage checks. Integrates with other IES products.

Your job will be much easier with VAConnect helping you design steel and wood connections. Run this tool alone or with imported loads and members from VisualAnalysis, VisualFoundation or ConcreteBending.

Get Verifiable Connection Designs

Steel Connections

Design per specifications: AISC 360-16, ACI 318-15.

Column Base Plate w/Anchorage
Column Splice
Beam Shear Tab
Beam Shear Double Angle Bolted
Beam Moment Bolted or Welded Flange Plate
Beam Moment Bolted End Plate
Beam over HSS Column

Wood Connections

Wood bolted shear connection and wood fastener withdrawal connection. Design checks per NDS 2018.

Includes adjustment factors
Fastener groups and tear-out
Handles lag screws, wood screws and nails
Fastener head pull-through

Shear Connections

Design shear connectionsfor beam-to-column or beam-to-girder with I-beam or channel members.

Moment Connections

Design bolted or welded flange plate beam connections of I-Beam or channel members. Also does bolted end plate connections.

Base Plates & Anchorage

AISC Design Guide 1 or finite element analysis with biaxial bending. Concrete and anchorage checks.

Integrated with

Eliminate tedium and error-prone bookkeeping by importing load sets from VisualAnalysis, VisualFoundation, or ConcreteBending.

Transparent Reports ^TM

Get hand-calculation type reports showing limit states with equations and code references. All limit state checks are shown.

Simplified Input

Point and click editing of models. Visualize your changes with clear graphics. Flexible units and expression input with built-in error checking.

VAConnect Specifications

See the online User’s Guide for complete information regarding the limit-states checked. Included there are quick-start training videos to get you up and running.