Available Courses
General PROKON
Gain a comprehensive understanding of PROKON’s core functionalities with this training course. Designed for engineers and designers, this course covers software setup, configuration, and essential tools for structural analysis and design. Through step-by-step exercises, you will learn how to manage licenses, configure templates, set up material and section databases, and work with PROKON Sumo for 3D modelling and analysis.
What You’ll Learn
- Software Overview: Navigate the PROKON interface, manage licenses, and configure software settings.
- System Updates: Ensure your PROKON installation is up to date using Live Update or manual updates.
- Customization: Set up templates, configure project settings, and define material and section databases.
- PROKON Sumo: Work with 3D modelling, loads, structural analysis, and design workflows.
- Hands-on Exercises: Apply concepts through guided exercises on structural modelling, analysis, and design.
Who Should Enrol?
- Engineers and designers using PROKON for structural analysis and design.
- Students and beginners seeking foundational knowledge in PROKON software.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to build your PROKON expertise and streamline your structural engineering workflow.
PROKON Sumo
Essentials
Develop a strong foundation in PROKON Sumo, a 3D BIM-based structural modelling and analysis tool. This course covers the essential features of Sumo, including model navigation, structural components, analysis, and design workflows. Through hands-on exercises, you will learn to create, analyse, and refine structural models efficiently.
What You’ll Learn
- User Interface: Navigate Sumo’s modelling environment and interface components.
- Structural Elements: Define and modify materials, sections, levels, columns, beams, slabs, and walls.
- Load Applications: Apply and manage structural loads for accurate analysis.
- Analysis & Results: Perform structural analysis, interpret graphical and tabular results, and generate reports.
- Design Integration: Transfer data to PROKON’s design modules for steel, concrete, and foundation design.
- Model Development: Work with interoperability, fixities, connections, sloped modelling, wind loading, and model aggregation.
Who Should Enrol?
- Engineers and designers using PROKON Sumo for structural modelling and analysis.
- Professionals looking to enhance their BIM-based structural workflows.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience with PROKON Sumo.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop essential PROKON Sumo skills and optimise your structural engineering workflow.
Analysis
Gain essential skills in structural analysis using PROKON. This course covers the analysis of beams and structures, including single-span beams, elastic support beams, plane stress analysis, and frame analysis. Through guided exercises, you will learn how to define structural elements, apply loads, and interpret analysis results.
What You’ll Learn
- Single Span Beams: Perform rapid analysis of beams, interpret deflections, shear forces, and bending moments.
- Elastic Support Beams: Model beams and slabs on elastic foundations, analyse soil pressure, shear, and bending.
- Plane Stress Analysis: Use finite element analysis for membrane structures, define materials, and determine stress distribution.
- Frame Analysis: Model 2D and 3D structures, apply loads, perform linear analysis, and generate design links.
- Hands-on Exercises: Define and analyse beams, structural frames, and stress distributions using PROKON tools.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and designers working with frame and beam analysis.
- Engineering professionals looking to enhance their structural analysis skills.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in finite element and frame analysis.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop your structural analysis expertise with PROKON.
Concrete Design
Learn how to design and analyse reinforced concrete structures using PROKON’s concrete design modules. This course covers the design of beams, slabs, columns, retaining walls, pad footings, and pile caps, ensuring compliance with structural codes and best practices. Through guided exercises, you will learn to input structural parameters, perform calculations, and generate reinforcement schedules.
What You’ll Learn
- Beams and Slabs: Design and detail continuous beams, rectangular slabs, and analyse reinforcement.
- Column Design: Define, analyse, and reinforce rectangular, circular, and general columns under axial and bending forces.
- Retaining Walls: Analyse stability, soil pressure, and reinforcement detailing for cantilever and supported walls.
- Pad Footings & Pile Caps: Optimize foundation design for various loading conditions.
- Crack Widths & Shear Checks: Assess structural performance and reinforcement requirements.
- Bending Schedules: Generate detailed reinforcement schedules for construction.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and designers working on concrete structures.
- Engineering professionals looking to improve concrete analysis and design skills.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in reinforced concrete design.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to gain essential concrete design skills with PROKON.
Steel Design
Master the design of steel structures using PROKON’s steel design modules. This course covers the design and optimisation of steel members, girders, moment and shear connections, and bolts according to structural codes. Through step-by-step exercises, you will learn to analyse steel sections, apply loads, and verify design compliance.
What You’ll Learn
- Member Design: Evaluate axial and combined stress conditions in steel members.
- Girders: Design crane gantry girders and plate girders for various load conditions.
- Moment Connections: Analyse base plates, beam-column connections, and apex connections.
- Shear Connections: Design bolt and weld groups, cleat, fin plate, and end plate connections.
- Bolt Design: Perform anchor bolt design and assess load resistance.
- Hands-on Exercises: Apply concepts to real-world steel design scenarios.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and designers working with steel structures and connections.
- Engineering professionals looking to enhance steel analysis and design skills.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in steel structure design.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop steel design expertise with PROKON.
Composite Design
Learn how to design composite beams and columns using PROKON’s Composite Design modules. This course covers the behaviour, analysis, and design of steel-concrete composite structures, including beam sections, continuous beams, and column design. Through hands-on exercises, you will gain practical experience in modelling, load applications, and design verification.
What You’ll Learn
- Composite Beam Design: Define beam sections, apply loads, and calculate sagging and hogging resistance.
- Shear Connectors: Understand shear transfer between concrete and steel and determine connection requirements.
- Continuous Beams: Design multi-span composite beams and analyse load distributions.
- Composite Column Design: Model filled and encased steel-concrete columns and verify structural performance.
- Eurocode Design Compliance: Apply Eurocode 4 principles for composite structure design.
- Hands-on Exercises: Work through practical case studies using PROKON’s Composite Design tools.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and designers working with composite structures.
- Engineering professionals looking to enhance their steel-concrete composite design skills.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in composite beam and column design.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop your composite design expertise with PROKON.
Timber and Masonry Design
Learn how to design timber and masonry structures using PROKON’s Timber and Masonry Design modules. This course covers timber member design, masonry wall analysis, and structural optimisation. Through step-by-step exercises, you will gain practical experience in modelling, load applications, and design verification.
What You’ll Learn
- Timber Design: Analyse and optimise beams, frames, and trusses for axial and bending stresses.
- Timber Grades & Modification Factors: Select appropriate materials and apply design code parameters.
- Masonry Section Design: Determine flexural resistance, reinforcement placement, and failure modes.
- Masonry Wall Design: Evaluate bearing walls, free-standing walls, and lateral load resistance.
- Design Code Compliance: Apply industry standards for timber and masonry structures.
- Hands-on Exercises: Work through timber truss analysis, beam optimisation, and masonry wall design.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and designers working with timber and masonry structures.
- Engineering professionals looking to enhance their timber and masonry design skills.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in timber and masonry analysis.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop your timber and masonry design expertise with PROKON.
Padds
Learn how to create and manage engineering drawings and reinforced concrete detailing using PROKON Padds, a 2D CAD software designed for structural engineers. This course covers essential tools and workflows, including drawing creation, rebar detailing, annotations, and publishing. Through step-by-step exercises, you will develop practical skills in structural drafting and reinforcement scheduling.
What You’ll Learn
- User Interface & Navigation: Explore the Padds workspace, toolbars, and commands.
- Drawing & Editing: Create precise engineering drawings, manage layers, and apply construction lines.
- Blocks & Annotations: Define reusable drawing components and add dimensions, hatching, and text annotations.
- Reinforcement Detailing: Model bars, quick zones, rebar annotations, and bending schedules.
- File Management & Publishing: Save, edit, and print engineering drawings and bending schedules.
- Hands-on Exercises: Work on practical applications such as pad footings, slabs, column details, and foundation layouts.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and drafters working with concrete detailing and rebar scheduling.
- Engineering professionals looking to enhance their CAD drawing and detailing skills.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in structural drafting and reinforcement detailing.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop essential CAD drawing and detailing skills with PROKON Padds.
Probar 2D
Learn how to efficiently detail reinforced concrete elements and generate bending schedules using PROKON Probar 2D, an AutoCAD add-in designed for structural engineers. This course covers reinforcement modelling, bar setup, detailing wizards, scheduling, and practical applications. Through hands-on exercises, you will develop essential skills for creating accurate reinforcement drawings and schedules.
What You’ll Learn
- AutoCAD and Probar 2D Interface: Navigate the workspace, manage layers, and configure drawing settings.
- Bar Setup and Customization: Define reinforcement parameters, shape codes, and annotation settings.
- Reinforcement Detailing: Model single bars, bar groups, staggered bars, stepped bars, and fanned bars.
- Wizards for Structural Elements: Automate detailing for beams, slabs, columns, retaining walls, and pile caps.
- Bending Schedule Generation: Create, optimise, and publish reinforcement schedules.
- Hands-on Exercises: Work through practical detailing applications, including pad footings, slabs, beams, and column corbels.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers and drafters working with reinforcement detailing and scheduling.
- Engineering professionals looking to optimise their AutoCAD-based concrete detailing workflows.
- Students and graduates seeking practical experience in reinforcement modelling and bending schedules.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to develop essential reinforcement detailing skills with PROKON Probar 2D.
Advanced Analysis
Expand your structural analysis expertise with PROKON’s Advanced Analysis tools. This course builds on fundamental analysis principles and explores advanced static and dynamic analysis techniques, including buckling analysis, response spectrum analysis, cable structures, and solid finite elements. Through guided exercises, you will learn how to model, analyse, and interpret complex structural behaviour.
What You’ll Learn
- Concrete Shell Analysis: Model slabs and walls using shell finite elements and determine reinforcement requirements.
- Buckling and Stability: Perform buckling and second-order analyses to assess structural stability.
- Beam on Elastic Foundation: Model beams supported by soil and determine deflection and reactions.
- Cable Structures: Define and analyse catenary cables and tensile structures.
- Solid Finite Elements: Model and analyse 3D solid structures for stress and deformation.
- Dynamic Analysis: Perform modal, seismic, and harmonic analyses to evaluate vibration and earthquake effects.
- Hands-on Exercises: Apply analysis techniques to real-world scenarios, including frame stability, seismic response, and machine vibrations.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers performing advanced analysis and design.
- Engineering professionals seeking expertise in dynamic and stability analysis.
- Students and graduates looking to enhance their finite element and seismic analysis skills.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to advance your structural analysis proficiency with PROKON.
PROKON Sumo Intermediate
Enhance your structural modelling and analysis skills with PROKON Sumo. This course builds on fundamental principles and explores static and dynamic analysis techniques, including beam elements, concrete slab design, sway frame analysis, raft foundation analysis, and solid finite elements. Through guided exercises, you will learn how to model, analyse, and interpret complex structural behaviour.
What You’ll Learn
- Beam Elements: Convert linework to beam elements, manipulate properties, and perform advanced selection and filtering techniques.
- Concrete Slab Design: Model slabs using shell finite elements, configure design parameters, and view reinforcement results.
- Sway Frame Analysis: Perform buckling, linear, and second-order analyses to assess structural stability.
- Raft Foundation Analysis: Define and analyse raft foundations, evaluate supports, and interpret results.
- Solid Finite Elements: Model and analyse 3D solid structures for stress and deformation.
- Dynamic Analysis: Perform modal, seismic, and harmonic analyses to evaluate vibration and earthquake effects.
- Hands-on Exercises: Apply analysis techniques to real-world scenarios, including lattice truss modelling, curved slab reinforcement, and frame stability.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers performing intermediate analysis and design.
- Engineering professionals seeking expertise in static and dynamic analysis.
- Students and graduates looking to enhance their finite element and seismic analysis skills.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to advance your structural modelling and analysis proficiency with PROKON Sumo.
PROKON Sumo Advanced
Expand your structural modelling expertise with PROKON Sumo’s built-in scripting tool, PySumo. This course focuses on Python scripting for structural elements and loads. You will learn how to model various structures using PySumo through guided exercises.
What You’ll Learn
- Introduction to Python: Understand the fundamental aspects of Python programming.
- PySumo: Utilize the built-in Python scripting tool to automate tasks and enhance workflows.
- Structural Elements: Use PySumo to define and manipulate structural elements such as beams, columns, walls, and slabs.
- Loads: Use PySumo to define and manipulate various types of loads, including point, line, area, and distributed loads.
- Practical Applications: Model real-world scenarios, including portal frames, trusses, and multi-storey concrete frames.
- Hands-on Exercises: Apply advanced modelling techniques to practical examples, ensuring a thorough understanding of the concepts.
Who Should Enrol?
- Structural engineers wanting to automate tasks and enhance workflows.
- Engineering professionals seeking expertise in Python scripting.
- Students and graduates looking to enhance their skills in advanced modelling techniques using Python scripting.
Course Format
- Self-paced online training
- Step-by-step exercises
- Online resources
- Downloadable datasets
Enrol today to advance your structural modelling proficiency with PROKON Sumo.
