MasterKey Steel Design

Integrated with MasterFrame and MasterPort in accordance with BS 5950, BS EN 1993-1-1 (EC 3)

The MasterKey Steel Design module (integrated with MasterFrame and MasterPort) performs code-compliant structural design checks across a wide range of steel cross-sections, fabricated elements, and structural member types. 

It supports standard rolled open profiles - such as Universal Beams (UB), Universal Columns (UC), RSJs, IPE, HE, HL, HD, IPN, W-shapes, equal and unequal angles, channels/PFCs, tee sections, and flat bars, as well as closed hollow sections including CHS, SHS, and RHS. 

Beyond standard shapes, the software handles complex and fabricated elements, including cellular beams with regular web openings, beams with discrete/isolated web openings, welded plate girders, haunched and tapered I-sections, compound sections reinforced with top or bottom flange plates or secondary channels/members, and custom user-defined section libraries adhering to standard geometric properties. 

Within 2D and 3D models, these sections can be assigned and checked across various structural roles, including continuous multi-storey columns, floor and roof beams, portal frame rafters and eaves, trusses, and bracing struts or ties.