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IDEA StatiCa s.r.o.
TypePrivate (family-owned)
IndustryStructural engineering software
Founded2009 (2009)
FounderLubomír Šabatka
HeadquartersBrno, Czech Republic
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsIDEA StatiCa Connection, Member, Detail, RCS, Checkbot, Beam
Number of employees
approximately 120 (2025)
Websiteideastatica.com

IDEA StatiCa s.r.o. is a Czech structural engineering software company headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic. The company develops software for the design and code-checking of steel connections and members, reinforced concrete details, and anchoring, using two proprietary calculation methods: the Component-Based Finite Element Method (CBFEM) for steel and the Compatible Stress Field Method (CSFM) for concrete. Founded in 2009, the company serves over 50,000 engineers in more than 80 countries.[1]

History

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IDEA StatiCa was founded in Brno in 2009 by Lubomír Šabatka, an engineer with prior experience developing structural analysis tools including SCIA Engineer. The company was established with ten structural and software engineers, initially focused on the connection design problem in structural steel.[2]

The company's defining technical development was the Component-Based Finite Element Method (CBFEM), a calculation approach for steel connections that combines component-based mechanical models with finite element analysis. CBFEM was developed in collaboration with the Czech Technical University in Prague and subsequently validated through research programmes at Ohio State University, the University of Tennessee, the University of Illinois Chicago, and Brno University of Technology, with findings published in dedicated monographs by the Czech Technical University in Prague[3] and by Wiley in 2024.[4]

The company's concrete software, IDEA StatiCa Detail, was developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich as part of the DR-Design Eurostars research project (Eurostars-10571). The collaboration introduced the Compatible Stress Field Method (CSFM) as the analysis engine for reinforced concrete discontinuity regions.[5]

With support from the South Moravian Innovation Centre (JIC) and the Enterprise Europe Network, the company expanded from its Czech base to establish offices in Philadelphia, London, Dortmund, Eindhoven, and Singapore.[2] By 2025 the company employed approximately 120 people, with around 80 based in Brno and 40 in international offices, and reported revenues exceeding 10 million euros, with 90 per cent generated from exports.[2]

In 2020, founders Luboš and Juraj Šabatka were named EY Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in the Czech Republic.[6] The company has also received the Czech Mind (Česká Hlava) award, presented annually by the Česká hlava organisation together with the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic to recognise contributions to science and innovation.[7]

Software products

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IDEA StatiCa Connection

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IDEA StatiCa Connection is software for the design and code-checking of steel connections of all topologies and loading conditions. It uses Component-Based Finite Element Method (CBFEM) as its analysis engine, modeling the complete connection geometry with shell finite elements rather than relying on tabulated component models. The software produces design reports that satisfy the requirements of Eurocode 3 (EN 1993-1-8), AISC 360, CISC, and other national steel design standards.

IDEA StatiCa Member

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IDEA StatiCa Member is software for the design and code-checking of structural steel members prone to stability and buckling problems, including frames and assemblies with complex load effects such as torsion, lateral-torsional buckling, and combined bending with compression. It uses the same CBFEM approach as Connection and allows BIM (Building information modeling) import of member geometry and loading from structural analysis models.

IDEA StatiCa Detail

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IDEA StatiCa Detail is software for the design and code-checking of reinforced concrete discontinuity regions (D-regions), including deep beams, corbels, shear walls with openings, dapped beam ends, pile caps, and post-tensioned anchorage zones. It uses the Compatible Stress Field Method (CSFM) as its analysis engine and checks member designs against Eurocode 2 and ACI 318.

IDEA StatiCa RCS

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IDEA StatiCa RCS (Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Sections) is software for the design and code-checking of reinforced and prestressed concrete cross-sections, including beams and columns under combined biaxial bending, shear, and axial force, as well as pre-stressed members.

Checkbot

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Checkbot is a workflow management application for importing and synchronising structural connections and members from BIM and structural analysis environments into IDEA StatiCa for design and code-checking. It is designed to manage large numbers of connections across a project model, reducing manual data entry and maintaining synchronisation with the upstream analysis model.

BIM integrations

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IDEA StatiCa products integrate with major structural and BIM authoring platforms including Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Advance Steel, Tekla Structures (Trimble), SCIA Engineer, ETABS (CSI), SAP2000 (CSI), RFEM (Dlubal), and others. The company is a member of the Autodesk AECO Technology Partner Ecosystem.[1] Integration is achieved via the company's BIM API and dedicated plugins distributed through the respective software platforms.

Awards and recognition

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  • EY Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, Czech Republic, 2020 (Luboš and Juraj Šabatka)[8]
  • Czech Mind (Česká Hlava) award for science and innovation[9]
  • Enterprise Europe Network success story, recognising international growth supported by the South Moravian Innovation Centre[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Autodesk AECO Technology Partner Ecosystem. "IDEA StatiCa". autodesk.com/integrations/partner/idea-statica.
  2. ^ a b c d Enterprise Europe Network. "Promoting structural engineering, one calculation at a time". een.ec.europa.eu/success-stories/promoting-structural-engineering-one-calculation-time.
  3. ^ Wald, F. et al. (2021). Component-based Finite Element Design of Steel Connections. Czech Technical University in Prague. ISBN 978-80-01-06861-8.
  4. ^ Denavit, M.D. et al. (2024). Steel Connection Design by Inelastic Analysis. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-394-22215-5.
  5. ^ Kaufmann, W. et al. (2020). Compatible Stress Field Design of Structural Concrete: Principles and Validation. ETH Zurich. ISBN 978-3-906916-95-8.
  6. ^ EY Czech Republic. "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year 2020." EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programme.
  7. ^ Česká hlava. ceska-hlava.cz. Government of the Czech Republic / Česká hlava, spol. s r.o.
  8. ^ EY Czech Republic. "Technology Entrepreneur of the Year 2020."
  9. ^ Česká hlava. ceska-hlava.cz.
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