
In addition, we continued our ongoing support for students and universities with free online training sessions. We were extremely pleased to see the participation outcome for this new service. The online training was a bit unfamiliar at first, but over time appreciated by both attendees and Dlubal employees. On-site events were canceled, employees began working from home and training took place exclusively online. In early spring, the virus impact had begun its toll on Germany and around the world.


COVID, Working From Home and Online Training We have also integrated other unique features such as the camera flight mode, the transfer format glTF/glb and expanded our material database. In addition to this cold-formed development, the new RF-/STEEL Cold-Formed Sections add-on module was also released as an extension of the RF-/STEEL EC3 add-on module. With this stand-alone cross-section program, cold-formed cross-section properties and stresses can be calculated. In Spring 2020, we have published the cross -section program SHAPE-THIN 9. If you closely follow the developments in recent years, you can see some trends and digitalBau was also a good opportunity to realize it. It is already clear that it was a get-together for all well-known software manufacturers in the construction industry in general and for structural analysis and design in particular. It is also remarkable that the event focused exclusively on software and thus, as is often the case, this industry segment was not lost due to the presence of other manufacturers of construction products like bricks or gutters. After many difficult years for typical construction software trade fairs, this is the first successful repositioning of a trade fair in this industry. For example, digitalBAU took place for the first time in February. In early 2020, life was a little more normal before Europe and Germany experienced any impact from the virus. Every day, our team does the best to continually improve Dlubal products. In 2020, as a company, we have grown to more than 280 employees. In addition to many working students, one of our development teams mainly responsible for programming interfaces is also located in Brno.

The new location is located in the Sumavska Tower on the 18th floor with a wonderful view of the city. We also moved to a new office in the Czech city Brno in early February.
