Current Features of CAST

Graphical User Interface
	Define D-Region boundaries graphically
	Define strut-and-tie models graphically and numerically
	Guidelines, grid points, and snap tools for accurate dimensioning
	Toolbars and dialog boxes for defining common elements, such as the imposed loadings, material properties, supports, and bearing plates
	Templates for common truss models
	Standard drawing and editing features, such as cut, copy, paste, delete, undo, redo, move, find, glue, and unglue
	Easy access to member information by mouse right button click
	Display of structural model, including reinforcement positions, labels, and areas, in multiple windows with various zooming and panning options
	Context sensitive online help
Analysis Types
	Design calculations (evaluation of truss member forces and truss member dimensions)
	Detailed analysis of nodal zones
	Simple truss capacity prediction
	Load-deformation analysis
Truss Solution
	Truss analysis and stress check at command
	Statically indeterminate trusses
	Truss stability checked with warning messages
	Illustration of member forces and identification of member characteristics for dimensioning
	Pushover analysis per user-defined stress-strain relationships of struts and ties with options to use load-controlled or displacement-controlled

Multiple Load Cases and/or Strut-and-tie Models
	Organize multiple load cases and/or strut-and-tie models in one database
	Present multiple load cases and/or strut-and-tie models in multiple windows
Truss Member Dimensioning
	Manual or automatic selection of effective widths of struts
	Single or multiple layers of tie reinforcement
	Checks of bearing plate stresses
	Quick check of the adequacy of strut-and-tie model components through color identification
	Support explicitly ACI Code requirements
Output Features
	Graphical and tabular output
	Create customized text input echo and/or output files
	Create design summaries including graphics in Microsoft Word Document format
	Create input echo and/or output tables in Microsoft Excel format
	Create graphics printout with print preview
	Export graphics into AutoCAD DXF and Bitmap files
	Create response quantity plots obtained from load-deformation analysis in Microsoft Excel format
	Display response history obtained from load-deformation analysis
Miscellaneous
	Support SI, US customary, and old metric units interchangeable during the design
	Support user-defined and ASTM Standard Reinforcing Bars (ASTM A615/A615M)
	Unit converter for helping convert physical quantities from one unit to another
	Built-in calculator for editable text boxes
	Customizable windows and toolbars