ProtaDetails is a revolutionary structural detailing and CAD software for automatically creating and organizing all your structural concrete detail drawings
only with a single click.
Designed By Structural Engineers for Engineers
Automated Drawings &
Interactive Detailing Software
Save hours of drafting time by seamlessly extracting structural design, draft, and draw details from ProtaStructure and automatically arrange them onto your company drawing sheets.
Automate Drafting
Instantly generate reinforced concrete detail drawings directly from your structural model, saving thousands of manual drafting hours.
Quick Intelligent Drawings
Automatically arrange details onto drawing sheets with smart features like autocropping, column grouping, and flexible scaling.
Easy Design Documentation
Produce comprehensive, ready-to-print design reports, dynamic quantity take-offs, and automated bar bending schedules.
Design & Detail Other Components
Utilize an extensive library of intelligent macros to design and detail stairs, pile caps, retaining walls, and more.
First Class Support
We are empowering you with unlimited first-class support and learning resources.
ProtaDetails Boosts Efficiency
Enhance Efficiency with Automated RC Drawings,
Advanced Sheet Management & Comprehensive Engineering Tools
ProtaDetails automatically extracts and details all designed elements from the central ProtaStructure model, saving potentially thousands of man hours on drafting of your building structures.
ProtaDetails streamlines drafting by auto-extracting details from ProtaStructure, saving thousands of man-hours.
Automate layout in drawing blocks with features like autocropping, column grouping, and flexible scaling for professional, high-quality designs.
Design of RC Stairs, Pile Caps, Corbels, Steel Scaffold Systems, Swimming Pools, Cantilever Retaining Walls and more including all details, quantities and calculation reports.
See ProtaDetails in Action
Watch a comprehensive webinar — modeling, analysis, design, and detailing of RC and steel structures with the ProtaStructure Suite.
Drafting Automation
Unique Automation for RC Detail Drawings
ProtaDetails redefines productivity with automated RC detail drawings, sheet management, manual drafting, DWG support, and expanding engineering macro library. ProtaDetails automatically extracts and details all designed elements from the central ProtaStructure model, saving potentially thousands of man hours on drafting of your building structures. Automatically layout details into your drawing title blocks and take advantage of features including autocropping of beam elevations, column detail grouping and flexible scaling to produce professional, high quality drawings to convey your design.
Cost Control
Value Engineering and Instant Updates to Quantity Take-Off
With ProtaDetails you can stay on top of project costs and variations with full reinforcement bar quantity take-off. Generate dynamic quantity tables with full bar bending schedules, which are updated instantly when changes occur. Make use of smart rebar library, intelligent detailing items and tools to perform semi-automatic structural drafting for the cases where a full automation is not possible. Smart rebars are dynamically linked to quantity tables. You can even convert primitive CAD rebars to smart rebars and quantify them instantly.
Macro Library
Comprehensive Engineering Library
ProtaDetails supports a comprehensive engineering library of intelligent macros to design and detail independent structural components in your projects. Design of RC Stairs, Pile Caps, Corbels, Steel Scaffold Systems, Swimming Pools, Cantilever Retaining Walls and more are supported including all details, quantities and calculation reports.
Use our flexible setting management to define how you want your details to look or use Prota's range of country based templates especially developed to suit local drafting practices.
Seismic Detailing
Automated Seismic & Ductile Detailing
Handle complex detailing required to satisfy design and constructability standards including specific seismic provisions. Lap splices, link confinement, section containment, prohibited zone detailing are automatically considered. Making use of in-built drafting capabilities, coupled with intelligent objects like rebar, makes any additional detailing or drawing refinement easy and fast. Automatically update design detail changes from ProtaStructure as they occur.
CAD Platform
A Fully Fledged CAD Software in Its Core
ProtaDetails is a fully-fledged CAD platform supporting standard CAD functionalities such as Command line, Layers, Dimensions, Styles, Paper Space, primitive CAD object insertion and manipulation, plotting, scaling, pen styles and more. CAD functionalities in ProtaDetails is tailored towards structural engineering and structural drafting and can be used on top of automation features for further customization and refinement with no extra software needed.
You can plot directly from ProtaDetails or publish your details in DWG or DXF formats to other CAD platforms including AutoCAD, Microstation and Bricscad.
Expert Support
Expert Support
We strive to provide our users with great experience throughout their journey with all-in-one structural analysis and design software, ProtaStructure Suite. From our extensive online Prota Help Center to our in-product learning tutorials and documents about the most popular topics such as structural detailing, steel connection design, structural design, building information modeling, reinforced concrete detail drawings, rebar detailing and drafting, and automated RC detail drawings.
We aim to enrich your knowledge and provide practical, user friendly support. Our professional support engineers love engaging with our clients, whether its answering technical queries or providing hands-on training, we are here to help.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions
ProtaStructure Suite is an advanced structural BIM software solution developed by Prota Software for structural engineers. It provides an integrated environment for the modeling, analysis, design, and detailing of concrete and steel buildings.
The suite includes powerful tools for structural analysis, reinforced concrete design, steel design, detailing, and BIM collaboration. ProtaStructure helps engineers efficiently deliver both simple and complex structural projects with greater accuracy and coordination.
The primary users of ProtaStructure, along with Prota Software's broader range of technology solutions, include structural engineering firms, design offices, consulting engineering companies, engineering students, and universities.
ProtaStructure can be used to design many types of building structures, including:
- Reinforced concrete buildings
- Steel structures
- Composite structures
- High-rise buildings
- Residential and commercial buildings
- Industrial facilities
- Large-scale projects such as airport terminals, hospitals, universities, stadiums, and similar structures
Yes. ProtaStructure is designed to handle both small projects and complex multi-story buildings. Its powerful analysis engine allows engineers to work efficiently on large structural models.
ProtaStructure supports a wide range of international design and seismic codes used across Europe, Asia, the US, and Latin America, including but not limited to ACI, AISC, Eurocodes, IBC, UBC, Turkish codes, Indonesian codes, Philippine codes, Indian codes, Colombian codes, Peruvian codes, and Dominican Republic codes.
The software allows engineers to design in accordance with local building regulations.
Explore the design code coverage of ProtaStructure Suite on this page:
Yes. ProtaStructure Suite is built around a BIM-based workflow, allowing structural engineers to work with a single integrated model for analysis, design, and detailing.
This approach helps improve coordination, reduce duplication, and support more efficient project delivery.
You can purchase ProtaStructure by submitting the Contact Sales Team form on the website. After submission, you will be connected with the official Prota Software office or an authorized reseller in your region.
Please note that Prota Software can only be sold by official Prota Software offices and authorized resellers.
ProtaStructure Suite is available with two licensing options to suit different user needs: the Perpetual (Lifetime) License and the Rental Subscription License.
Perpetual (Lifetime) License: With a Perpetual License, you make a one-time payment and gain permanent access to the version of ProtaStructure you purchased.
Rental Subscription License: The Rental License provides flexible access to the latest version of ProtaStructure through periodic payments.
You can learn more about the Perpetual and Rental licensing options here:
You can upgrade your license package at any time. If you choose the ProtaStructure Suite Professional Package, you can upgrade to the ProtaStructure Enterprise Package at any time.
Just fill out the Contact Sales Team online form to get in touch with Prota Software's sales team and request an upgrade offer.
Once you submit the form, you will be connected with the Prota Software office or an authorized reseller in your region.
Yes. Prota Software offers discounts on yearly subscriptions and perpetual licenses, and occasionally runs special promotional campaigns.
You can contact the sales team to learn about current promotions and offers.
Yes. You can access video tutorials, technical articles, basic training guides, and learning resources through the Prota Help Center and the Getting Started page.
We also offer paid training programs through the On-Demand Online Training page. After purchasing a training course, you can watch the lessons at any time and revisit them whenever needed.
In addition, webinars and live training sessions are organized regularly to help users further develop their skills.
The Maintenance Subscription is designed to ensure that your investment in ProtaStructure Suite continues to deliver maximum value over time. Key benefits include:
- Direct access to the latest version of ProtaStructure Suite
- Protection against upcoming price increases and avoidance of late renewal fees
- Automatic and free access to all software updates
- Priority, unlimited technical support from our expert team
- Unlimited access to comprehensive e-learning resources available on the Prota Help Center
- Complimentary invitations to exclusive Prota Software events, webinars, and user sessions
Licensed users with active maintenance receive priority and unlimited technical support.
Technical support is available through:
- The Prota Help Center support portal
- Direct contact with Prota technical support engineers
- Support from authorized Prota Software resellers
Yes. A 30-day free trial of ProtaStructure is available on our website, so you can explore the software's capabilities before making any investment.
You can request the trial directly through the main page of the Prota Software website.
When you launch ProtaStructure Suite, an activation screen will welcome you. Follow the steps below to activate your product:
- Ensure that the computer you will use for ProtaStructure Suite is connected to the internet.
- If you want to try the software, click the "I Want to Try" button on the activation window and enter the trial activation code received from Prota Software.
- If you want to use the educational version, click the "I Am a Student" button on the activation window and enter the educational activation code received from Prota Software.
- If you have purchased a license, click the "I Have Already Purchased" button on the activation window.
- Select the product edition that you have purchased from Prota Software.
- Enter the Activation Code that you received from Prota Software.
- Click on the Activate button.
Prota Help Center is the official online support and learning platform provided by Prota Software for users of ProtaStructure Suite and other Prota products.
It is designed to help engineers learn the software faster, solve technical issues, and get the most out of their investment.
Key Features of Prota Help Center
- Knowledgebase articles
- E-Learning Resources & Tutorials
- A dynamic, self-service support system
- Support Ticketing System
- AI-Enhanced Searchable Support Portal
- Interactive User Community Forums
To run Prota Software smoothly, your system should meet the following minimum requirements:
- Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
- Memory (RAM): Minimum 8 GB RAM
- Disk Space: At least 1 GB of free disk space
- Processor: A multi-core CPU is recommended for better performance
- Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1280 × 720 or higher
- Graphics Card: A dedicated GPU supporting OpenGL and DirectX with at least 1 GB of video memory (required for advanced visualization features in ProtaStructure and ProtaDetails)
- Software Requirement: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later (Windows auto-update recommended)
Meeting or exceeding these requirements will help ensure a smooth and efficient experience when working with ProtaStructure Suite.
For optimal performance when working with larger and more complex projects, we recommend the following system specifications:
- Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i7 multi-core processor or equivalent (a higher clock speed and larger CPU cache will provide better performance)
- Storage: SSD (Solid State Drive) with sufficient free disk space for faster loading and project handling
- Memory (RAM): 16 GB RAM or more recommended
- Display: 1920 × 1080 resolution or higher
- Graphics Card: A dedicated GPU supporting OpenGL and DirectX with at least 4 GB of video memory
- Software Requirement: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later (Windows auto-update recommended)
Meeting these specifications will help ensure smooth modeling, analysis, and visualization performance when using ProtaStructure Suite.
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