Professional engineering tools without enterprise software pricing. One platform. Five integrated tools covering every phase of structural design — analysis, connections, concrete, foundations, and calculations.
Every tool in the ILX Suite was built for the same user: the structural engineer at a small firm who needs professional-grade software that works on day one — without a training course, an IT department, or an enterprise budget.
2D and 3D structural frame analysis with AISC 360-16 member design, second-order P-delta analysis, and ASCE 7-22 load generation — all in one desktop tool.
Steel connection design to AISC 360-16 and AISC Design Guides — with CBFEM finite-element verification for complex geometries and PE-stamped report output.
Full ACI 318-19 reinforced concrete design for beams, columns, slabs, shear walls, and footings — including PT beams, seismic detailing, and punching shear with studrail layout.
Geotechnical and foundation engineering from spread footings to deep excavation — covering bearing capacity, settlement, sheet pile, lateral piles, and ground improvement.
30+ structural calculation templates spanning steel, wood, concrete, masonry, and cold-formed steel — each producing PE-stamped PDFs with inline code section citations.
Every tool in the ILX Suite — one installer, one license key, one activation. The complete structural engineering desktop platform, pre-configured and ready from day one.
The ILX Suite communicates over a local IPC bridge. Finalize member forces in ILX Structures — and ILX Connection picks up the demand immediately. Run a footing in ILX Foundation — ILX Calcs already knows the column load. No spreadsheets. No copy-paste. No re-entered data.
Every tool stays synchronized so your workflow moves from structural analysis through design documentation in one unbroken chain.
Request Beta AccessEnterprise structural software is built for enterprises. Large teams, large budgets, large IT departments. ILX Studio is built for everyone else — the independent engineer, the 2-person firm, the boutique practice that needs every tool to work right the first day.
Everything from frame analysis to calculation documentation under one license. No patchwork of subscriptions from five different vendors.
No training course. No implementation consultant. A structural engineer can download ILX Studio and run a real design check within the first hour.
Every tool generates calculation reports formatted for PE stamp and client delivery — with code section citations on every line, not just a final number.
ILX Suite runs locally on Windows. Your projects, your data, your machine. No internet required to run a design check. No subscription suspension if a server goes down.
Professional engineering tools without enterprise software pricing. Contact us at info@ilxstudio.com for current pricing and suite bundle options.
Every calculation traces to the exact AISC, ACI, ASCE, NDS, or IBC clause. No black boxes. The math is visible, cited, and defensible.
The ILX Suite is a platform of five integrated structural engineering desktop tools built for small firms: ILX Structures (frame analysis), ILX Connection (AISC steel connections), ILX Concrete (ACI 318-19 concrete design), ILX Foundation (foundation and geotechnical engineering), and ILX Calcs (multi-material calculation templates). All five tools share live structural context through the IPC bridge, so your project data flows across the suite without re-entry.
Yes — that is exactly what ILX Studio is built for. Small structural engineering firms and independent engineers who need professional, code-compliant tools without the cost and complexity of enterprise software platforms. ILX Suite runs on a standard Windows desktop, requires no IT infrastructure, and is priced for individual practitioners and small practices.
ILX Suite covers the primary US structural codes: AISC 360-16 (LRFD and ASD) for steel, ACI 318-19 and ACI 318-14 for concrete, ASCE 7-22 for loads and load combinations, IBC 2021, NDS 2018 for wood and timber connections, NDS CLT Supplement (PRG 320), TMS 402-20 for masonry, and AISI S100-16 for cold-formed steel. Foundation tools reference Terzaghi-Peck bearing capacity theory, Rankine and Coulomb earth pressure, and NAVFAC DM-7 pile methods.
All five tools communicate over a local IPC (inter-process communication) bridge. When you finalize member forces in ILX Structures, ILX Connection and ILX Concrete can receive those forces immediately — no copy-pasting loads. When you size a footing in ILX Foundation, ILX Calcs already knows the column load. The same project data flows from analysis through design through documentation without re-entering data at each step.
Yes. Every ILX tool generates calculation reports in PDF format. Reports include the full calculation chain with code section citations on every check (e.g., "φMn = φFyZx [AISC 360-16 §F2.1]"), load diagrams, design summary tables, and a signature block for the engineer of record. Reports are formatted for building department submissions and client deliverables.
ILX Suite is a Windows desktop application (Windows 10 / Windows 11, 64-bit). It runs locally — no internet connection required to run design checks. A license key is validated once at activation; after that the software works fully offline with a 24-hour offline grace period for license re-validation.
ILX Suite is available as a per-seat desktop license. Suite bundle pricing is available for firms licensing multiple tools together. Contact info@ilxstudio.com for current pricing and volume discounts.
Get full access to the ILX Suite during the beta period at no cost. Accepted firms receive founding-member pricing at commercial launch — our thank-you for helping shape the platform.
ILX Studio is a software company building professional structural engineering tools for small firms. Our products are designed around AISC, ACI, ASCE, NDS, and IBC standards — giving structural engineers fast, accurate, code-compliant results without the complexity of enterprise FEM platforms or the ongoing cost of cloud-only subscriptions. Founded in North Carolina, ILX Studio serves independent engineers and small engineering practices across the United States.
Questions? Reach us at info@ilxstudio.com
