User friendly GUI, after sales service, great solver, a lot of analysis features, wizards for modelling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some design codes missing, other than that it is one of the best bridge design software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Midas is good for analysing steel structure and concrete structure. The inclusion of codes of various contry help to easily define the safety factor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface is bit clumsy with too much tab it could be improved with less buttons.The autocad intregation is not well when compared to other software which could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Their technical support team are so friendly and informative unlike others
For me designing bridges is so tiresome but with midas civil everything becomes fun and easy because of all its pre and post processing features which allows you to make more accurate designs faster and also the powerful automatic modeling functions the software has such as Auto Mesh Generation.
The user interface is nice and easy to understand
The reports it produces are so accurate and useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
At this point I haven't found anything bad yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It has a very user friendly interface, which eases complex modelling and analysis problems. The results are effortless to interpret and verify. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Downside of midas civil would be its inability to do some basic design calculations for a cross-section. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Various bridge design codes are incorporated in the software both local and international codes. technical support is quick and reliable. Calculations are detailed and can be counterchecked easily through manual calculation. Provides a lot of free seminars. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Price of software is pretty high and you have to continue paying for maintenance yearly to receive software updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ability of the software to take the reinforcement as per the drawing and to check the Structural adequacy easily.
Proof checking becomes much easy now with this software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Not all type of superstructure has the built in model to use them readily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Midas lends a much convenient approach towards design and analysis of structures. The user-friendly interface saves ample time.that is wasted on other platforms by searching for different commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Midas can extend itself to a more international approach by leveraging compliance to all major nation's codes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The features i like most are
1. Very good GUI, easy to work
2. You can change stiffness factors of an element for certain load cases.
3. Can convert critical moving load case in to static load case for a element Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
If you make small change in one load case then also you need to Run full model again.(This is sometimes time consuming) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
On serving engineering advices or solutions for technical alternatives, it helps me to convince the client and easy to apply the latest up dated design code to provide provide logical results in calculation sheets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Not many things dislike to adapt the new atmosphere in starting structural analysis. It would have to be inevitable to teach low-level engineers in running programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easy wizard specifications and user interface. The mct command shell was really awesome when one needs to apply multiple loads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Limitations during application of wave load and different directions of application of wind and wave load in the form of time history simulated using the various wave theories . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.