PERFORM 3D是一个致力于研究地震抵抗设计的非线性软件工具。通过使用以变形为基础或者强度为基础的限制状态来非线性分析复杂结构，包括错综布置的剪力墙结构。

模型数据可以从ETABS或者SAP2000导入。支持多种类型单元，包括带有节点区的梁、柱、支撑、开洞剪力墙、楼板、粘滞阻尼器和隔振器。

可以同时在一个模型中实现静力或动力非线性分析。荷载可以任意顺序施加，例如动力地震作用的计算后进行静力Pushover分析。

PERFORM 3D为基于性能设计提供了强大的分析功能，能够计算所有限制状态和所有组件的需求/能力比。性能基于ATC-40、FEMA-356或者ATC-440自动评价。

PERFORM 3D输出：使用比率、Pushover、能量平衡、模态形状、变形形状、位移和力的时程记录。

PERFORM-3D（Nonlinear Analysis and Performance Assessment for 3DStructure）三维结构非线性分析与性能评估软件，其前身为Drain-2DX和Drain-3DX，由美国加州大学伯克利分校的Powell教授开发，是一个用于抗震设计的非线性计算软件。通过基于变形或强度的限制状态对复杂结构（其中包括剪力墙结构）进行非线性分析，。PERFORM-3D为用户提供了一个强大的地震工程分析工具来进行静力Pushover分析和非线性动力时程分析。可以同时在一个模型中实现静力或动力非线性分析，荷载可以任意顺序施加，如完成动力时程分析后进行静力Pushover分析。

PERFORM-3D为基于性能设计提供了强大的分析功能，其性能基于ATC-40，FEMA-356或ATC-440自动评价

PERFORM-3D is an ideal tool for nonlinear performance-based analysis and design, created by Dr. Graham H. Powell, University of California at Berkeley Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering.

PERFORM-3D is a structural-engineering software useful for the performance assessment of structural systems. State-of-the-art constitutive-modeling capabilities enable characterization of material nonlinearity, including strength and stiffness degradation during component-level hysteresis. Analysis capabilities also extend to geometric nonlinearity and effects associated with P-Delta behavior. Advanced modeling tools enable a sophisticated simulation of structural behavior. Components may be grouped according to type, location, and limit state before evaluation proceeds in terms of strength or deformation-based demand-capacity ratio. The dynamic display of D-C usage is available through color-coordinated time-history animations.

PERFORM-3D version 5 Enhancements:

- A 64-bit version of the analysis engine is now utilized when Peform-3D is installed on a 64 bit computer. The 32-bit analysis engine is still used on 32-bit computers. The 64-bit engine allows larger problems to be solved, and tends to run faster than the 32-bit engine.

- A large-capacity eigenvalue routine has been added. In earlier versions, the eigenvalue routine could not accommodate structures with very large numbers of mass points. The new eigenvalue routine (the same as in SAP2000) allows a larger number of mass points than was previously possible.

- Warnings are now provided when an unstable or ill-conditioned stiffness matrix is detected. When an analysis model is set up for a complex structure, a common problem is that the model may be poorly conditioned numerically, or may be unstable. For an explanation of the causes of poor conditioning and instability, see the book Modeling for Structural Analysis: Behavior and Basics, by Powell, Chapter 3, especially Section 3.5, available from CSi.

- Formal documentation is now provided describing the format of the binary results files. For each analysis, Perform-3D writes the analysis results in a number (often a large number) of short binary files. Many users access these binary files directly, to add post-processing operations that are not included in the graphical user interface.

About CSI

Founded in 1975, Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) is recognized globally as the pioneering leader in software tools for structural and earthquake engineering. Software from CSI is used by thousands of engineering firms in over 160 countries for the design of major projects, including the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan, One World Trade Center in New York, the 2008 Olympics Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing and the cable-stayed Centenario Bridge over the Panama Canal. CSI's software is backed by more than three decades of research and development, making it the trusted choice of sophisticated design professionals everywhere!