SEMA GmbH Computer Software und Hardware-Vertrieb

The SEMA group is the world-wide leading supplier of software solutions and additional services in the timber building industry, in stair design as well as in sheet metal work. Our software solutions are available in 11 languages and have been successfully used by more than 8,900 customers in 54 countries for over 33 years now. To continuously expand our market position and to always offer customers innovative solutions, the SEMA group invests every year on average 15% of its turnover in the further development of its software solutions at its headquarters in Wildpoldsried, Germany. Thus the SEMA group is also able to react quickly and extensively to the changing requirements of the market.

The SEMA software provides solutions for the whole range of applications present – from planning, design, visualisation and evaluation up to production. The modular structure of the software can be tailored perfectly to the individual needs of each customer. Consequently, the SEMA software covers the needs of small craftsman’s businesses as well as those of industrial production companies. The individual modules are perfectly embedded into the SEMA program surface. Users can easily learn to operate the program, since it relates to the standards of the Windows operating system.

Use the SEMA software for:

the easy project planning of projects in the fields of timber and sheet metal construction supported by input assistants and automatic functions
the presentation of your projects in photorealistic 3D images
the preparation of offers, material calculations and plans to scale
the evaluation with detailed piece and material listing
the fully automated production of the components by means of manifold ways of machine control
the structural verification of your projects

SEMA is the only producer of timber construction and stair design software which has been delivering semi-annual software updates for more than 15 years. This service makes sure that the SEMA software is always up-to-date and technical developments are taken into account promptly.

3D CAD/CAM Stairs design software SEMA stairs

SEMA Stairs programs have a modular structure and can thus be perfectly adjusted to the individual needs of our customers. What all modules have in common is that they are completely embedded into the SEMA user Interface.

Fast Layouts & Plans
Intelligent input options enable the fast and simple input of even the most complicated stairs ground plans. Especially helpful in this context is the excellent integration of architectural drawings which include amongst others an optimised data exchange with architectural and real-estate programs via SCI-XML. Furthermore, also the file formats DXF and DWG can be used, or you can use scanned drawings and integrate them.

Helpful Assistants
Once the basic staircase has been entered into the system, comprehensive input assistants help to quickly enter the stairs, and if necessary also the surrounding walls.

Many Automatic Features
SEMA Stairs Software offers the user very powerful automatic features: repeating details are only entered once and can then be used again via the auto function. This makes it also possible to adapt the program exactly to your special needs. And the individual steps necessary for this adaptation are so easy, that every user can create them himself.

Great Visualization
In every design phase of the staircase, the complete visual representation of the building is just a mouse-click away. Every individual detail and special processing and even the most complicated connections can the visualized without any additional work. With a few additional inputs such as ‘Position of the sun’ or ‘Type of lighting’ the entire staircase, individual components or details can be represented in a photo-realistic way. It takes only a few seconds calculation time to print out a picture which shows exactly what the future building will look like.

Fasteners & Brackets
The SEMA program offers the complete range of all imaginable forms of timber connectors. In addition to that you can access fasteners & brackets from the catalogues of all international manufacturers. And of course, the program calculates all necessary processings on the components as well as the counter compo-nents automatically.

Wreaths
The SEMA Software enables the design and the production of wreaths in a simple way. The program auto-matically calculates the transitions of strings or handrails – but offers at the same time the option to modify all components also manually.

Spiral Staircases
Almost all staircase shapes can be realised with the SEMA program. As a helpful tool, an assistant for spiral staircases has been integrated which offers the possibility to combine all forms and shapes of staircases – for unlimited design options.

Fast Drawings
Often it takes a lot of time to print out drawings – but not with SEMA. Drawing templates and layouts can be individually adapted to the needs of your company. Furthermore, you have comprehensive functions that automate the drawing output so that you do not need to spend any more time on it. Drawings can be printed out in any scales and formats, up to true-to-size printouts. Also, continuous printouts and the option to print out the project on several pages is available.

Machine Control
It is for the first time possible to represent the components on screen with all their processings and details and then produce them in exactly this way. This applies to CNC machines with 3-axis just as well as for 5-axis systems.

CAM System
The SEMA program is compatible with most CAM systems, which means that no new or double settings have to be made, nor are expensive post-processors necessary. If the existing post-processor supports the file format, an automatic production from the Stairs CAD on CNC machines is no problem.

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3D CAD/CAM Timber construction software

SEMA programs have a modular structure and can thus be perfectly adjusted to the individual needs of our customers. What all modules have in common is that they are completely embedded into the SEMA user interface, which follows the modern standards of the Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

Fast Layouts & Plans
Intelligent input options enable the fast and simple input of even the most complicated building ground plans. Especially helpful in this context is the excellent integration of architectural drawings which include amongst others an optimised data exchange with architectural and real-estate programs via SCI-XML. Furthermore, also the file formats DXF and DWG can be used, or you can use scanned drawings and integrate them. Even direct imports from theodolites or other surveying systems are possible.

Helpful Assistants
Once the basic building outline has been entered into the system, comprehensive profile and input assistants help to quickly enter roofs, ceilings and walls.

Many Automatic Features
For walls and roofs the SEMA program offers the user very powerful automatic features: repeating details are only entered once and can then be used again via the auto function.
This makes it also possible to adapt the program exactly to your special needs. And the individual steps necessary for this adaptation are so easy, that every user can create them himself.

Great Visualization
In every design phase of the building, the complete visual representation of the building is just a mouse-click away. Every individual detail and special processing and even the most complicated connections can the visualized without any additional work.

Realistic like Photos
But SEMA does not only offer normal visualization: With a few additional inputs such as ‘Position of the sun’ or ‘Type of lighting’ the entire building, individual components or details can be represented in a photo-realistic way. It takes only a few seconds calculation time to print out a picture which shows exactly what the future building will look like.

Structural Analysis
The SEMA Timber Construction Program has an integrated structural analysis program with which the com-plete building can be structurally analysed. You have to set the relevant load parameters and the program then automatically calculates the support positions, load compensations etc. Even complicated building can thus be analysed quickly and reliably.

Fasteners & Brackets
The SEMA program offers the complete range of all imaginable forms of timber connectors. In addition to that you can access fasteners & brackets from the catalogues of all international manufacturers. And of course, the program calculates all necessary processings on the components as well as the counter compo-nents automatically.

Fast Drawings
Often it takes a lot of time to print out drawings – but not with SEMA. Drawing templates and layouts can be individually adapted to the needs of your company. Furthermore, you have comprehensive functions that automate the drawing output so that you do not need to spend any more time on it. Drawings can be printed out in any scales and formats, up to true-to-size printouts. Also the option to print out the project on several pages is integrated into the system.

Machine Control
Buildings constructed with the SEMA program can be automatically transferred to CNC-controlled pro-duction lines; that includes strippers as well as universal wood-working machines, wall- and element-prefabrication stations.

Outsourcing Production
If production is outsourced to other companies, the data transfer to these companies is very easy – and again this applies to universial wood-working machines, panel saws as well as wall- and element-prefabrication stations.

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