Top ten software used in civil engineering

Most of The Civil Engineers are interested about option of the software they have to learn. How many and what kind of software they should know to become a good civil engineer? If you are one of them, then you are on right platform – just make your check list and begin your journey right now. However, you may know some or all of them because they are user friendly and very popular

1. Microsoft Office: There is no need to explain that how important this software is. It is obvious that none of the person can start his professional career especially office work without knowing the importance and usability of Microsoft Office products like MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and list goes on. 

2. AutoCAD and Google Sketchup: The greatest resource to express your imagination is to write down, to draw or to plot them. But in each and every case you must have a tool and a medium to show what you think.

3. SAP 2000: Sap 2000 founded about thirty years ago and is the most widely used structural software in Latin America, Portugal, Italy and Spain.

4. CSI SAFE: SAFE is the useful tool for designing concrete floor and foundation systems. From framing layout all the way through to detail drawing production, SAFE integrates every aspect of the engineering design process in one easy and intuitive environment.

5. Primavera Project Planner: Primavera Software, Inc., the company behind Primavera, is a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions for project-intensive industries. The company was recently acquired by Oracle.

6. MXRoads: As said by the officials of Bentley MXROAD; Bentley MXROAD is an advanced, string-based modeling tool that enables the rapid and accurate design of all road types. With MXROAD you can quickly create design alternatives to achieve the “ideal” road system.

7. Pipe 2012: Pipe2012 is a seamlessly integrated suite of software which includes the engines KYPipe, Steam, SWMM, Gas, Surge, andGoFlow. For forty years, KYPipe has developed and provided support for pipe system hydraulic flow analysis software.

8. VectorWorks Designer & Rhino: From the classroom and into your career in the real world of professional design, no software can give you all the design tools that Vectorworks does, at a price you just can't beat – that is “FREE”.

9. Mathcad: Mathcad by PTC, the product development company, is the industry standard software for engineering calculations. Its easy-to-use live mathematical notation, powerful capabilities and open architecture allow engineers and organizations to streamline critical design processes.

10. Visual Basic & HTML: Above two is not actually the software you are view, these are more than software actually these are programming languages that contributes towards standalone and integrated software and websites.