What is your favorite feature from Enercalc?

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently researching to write a resource on how to use Enercalc. From a structural engineer’s perspective, I’m curious to hear your top #1 feature from Enercalc that you use most frequently and get the most value from.

This can be a specific calculator module or a specific feature, such as the ability to copy and paste loads, etc.

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I haven’t used Enercalc in years but I do recall that the simple beam calculator with combined loads acting on multi-spam beams was handy and the output easy to review. But you all have that now.

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And I still see messages on here I never noticed before, hence my very delayed response.

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I’m pretty much all in on clearcalcs and only have Enercalc for one project that will use gabion retaining walls.

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I’m curious to hear more about your use case of gabion retaining walls here @PG218:

  • How often do you come across the need to use the gabion retaining walls calculator in Enercalc? Once every few months or a year?
  • Is this the only calculator preventing you from migrating fully into ClearCalcs?
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Rarely. It’s a special project that I will complete two like this in the upcoming year with the potential for more in the future.

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I ditched Enercalc a very long time ago. I recall they had a major upgrade (can’t recall but it was when they were migrating to a new platform (version 6 maybe) The product didn’t justify the fees so I switched to Strucalc. And then they went through their own implosion of sorts and started charging customers to use the product they had already purchased outright (version 10?).

And here I am… So, I was going to say that load linking is the best feature; but as i write this, I am also thinking that honesty, continuity, and ongoing development of the product are all also very important.

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Enercalc has the best retaining wall calculators since they bought Retainpro software. They also have other calculators not currently offered in clearcalcs.