Link to Analysis Data Model (ADM) guide

SCIA OpenAPI is a platform that can be easily used by :

• structural engineers for creating their own programs and scripts using the SCIA Engineer functionality with a goal to provide the best possible design. Structural engineers not experienced in programming can get inspiration from provided examples and quickly learn how to produce first scripts or programs to design the best possible structures.
• software developers hired by structural engineering companies with a goal to automate their company processes regarding structural design.
• software companies producing a software that needs some structural calculations (e.g. design of concrete anchors).

OpenAPI is a platform intended as a base for automation within structural design. It expose SCIA Engineer functionality to several development environments.

Experienced users can use the ADM (Analytical Data Model) directly. The direct use of ADM brings experienced users more functionalities, that are included in ADM but not in OpenAPI yet. Direct use of ADM offers more possibilities but is more complicated.

You can find documentation here: http://docs.calatrava.scia.net/html/9900284a-b4b6-405e-b157-630e24129caf.htm