Dlubal RFEM and RSTAB Student Licence — The Complete Guide: Free Structural Analysis and Design
Dlubal RFEM and RSTAB are commercial structural analysis and design programs, and Dlubal gives students a free licence for the full version. RFEM is finite element software for beams, plates, walls, shells and solids, and RSTAB is for analysing 3D frames and trusses.
Dlubal RFEM / RSTAB Student Licence
Dlubal Software
Free student licence for RFEM and RSTAB — 3D finite element analysis and Eurocode design of steel, concrete, timber and glass.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- RFEM — a full finite element model of the structure.
- RSTAB — fast analysis of 3D frames and trusses.
- Design modules — steel, reinforced concrete, timber, aluminium and glass.
- Almost every program — all Dlubal programs except RWIND Simulation and SHAPE-MASSIVE.
- Technical support — by email.
Who may use it, and what is not allowed
The licence is for students at technical colleges and universities studying structural engineering, engineering mechanics and similar subjects — not for high-school pupils. It is valid for one year with proof of enrolment and can be extended each year. Commercial use and transferring the licence to someone else are not permitted.
Related tools
A similar student licence for structural design software — SCIA Engineer. For open-source structural analysis for any purpose — OpenSees or Pynite.
SCIA Engineer Student Licence
SCIA (Nemetschek Group)
Free licence for students and professors for SCIA Engineer — finite element analysis and Eurocode design of steel, concrete and timber structures.
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ALLPLAN & FRILO Student Version
ALLPLAN (Nemetschek Group)
Free student version of ALLPLAN for BIM in civil engineering and architecture, bundled with FRILO for structural member design.
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OpenSees
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, UC Berkeley
Nonlinear and dynamic structural analysis driven by scripts, from the earthquake engineering world.
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Pynite
D. Craig Brinck (JWock82)
A Python library for 3D finite element analysis of frames, plates and shear walls — static, P-Δ, modal and PDF reports.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
For a structural engineering student it is a chance to learn complete professional software without paying. Just remember to renew every year and never to use it on a paid project.