DataKustik CadnaA Environmental Noise Prediction Software

SKU: CadnaA

CadnaA (Computer Aided Noise Abatement) is the leading software for calculation, presentation, assessment and prediction of environmental noise. Applications range from industrial sites, road and railway networks, airports or even entire towns and urbanized areas.

CadnaA can be configured to meet the type of license, length of license, and industry needs. See below for more details!

CadnaA (Computer Aided Noise Abatement) is the leading software for calculation, presentation, assessment and prediction of environmental noise. Applications range from industrial sites, road and railway networks, airports or even entire towns and urbanized areas. 

CadnaA is state-of-the-art software for modeling, calculation, and assessment of environmental noise. It can be used efficiently at any scale, from a few single receivers in a neighborhood to noise mapping projects of entire countries. This works for various source types such as roads, railways, aircraft, or industrial noise. Whether your objective is to study the noise emission of an industrial plant, a new road, a railway scheme, or even entire towns and urbanized areas, CadnaA is designed to handle it all. With more than 30 implemented standards and guidelines, powerful calculation algorithms, extensive tools for object handling, outstanding 3D visualization, and a very user-friendly interface, CadnaA is the perfect software to handle national and international noise calculation and noise mapping projects of any size.

CadnaA is a highly advanced software for the prediction and assessment of environmental pollution (air/noise). Significant measures with far-reaching consequences are based on the calculated results. In order to keep your software up to date with new or partial changed standards we highly recommend using CadnaA at its latest version.

CadnaA features:

  • Unlimited project size: CadnaA can handle projects of any size thanks to the 64 Bit technology, multiprocessor support and parallel processing techniques

  • Connectivity: CadnaA offers a huge variety of import and export formats.

  • Easy handling: CadnaA takes advantage of its “one piece of software – one file per project” concept with tools to set up your model with a few mouse clicks.

  • Presentation of results: With CadnaA, display and output results in a convenient and reliable way. 

1. Choose the Type of License

Single-User License

This license uses a hardware USB dongle and is intended for individual users on a single machine. 

Sharing of this license between multiple users allows for only one user at a time, as it requires handing over the hardware USB dongle.

Server Licensing

This license uses a server hardware USB dongle to manage licenses centrally within a local network, allowing multiple users to share the license as long as the total number of concurrent users does not exceed the purchased license count. This type of licensing provides more flexibility for teams and organizations, though it requires the customer to set up and maintain the on-premise license server.

Cloud Licensing

This license is the most flexible option. It eliminates the need for a hardware USB dongle and on-premise licensing infrastructure, as the licenses are managed through the DataKustik Cloud License Server. This model also simplifies remote access and home office setups, as no VPN or other local network configurations are required. A stable and permanent internet connection is required.

2. Choose the Length of License

Monthly Subscription

The monthly subscription offers the flexibility to add individual options to an existing product under subscription on a monthly basis. Cloud licensing is the only available licensing type.

Annual Subscription

The annual subscription is offered with either automatic renewal or as a fixed term. In the case of automatic renewal, the term shall be extended by a further 12 months if the contract is not terminated in writing no later than 60 days before the end of the respective term.

Perpetual License

The perpetual license is a one-time purchase price for the software with single-user licensing at the latest software version available at the time of purchase.

3. Choose the License Configuration

CadnaA Industry

CadnaA Industry is especially designed for acousticians specialized in industrial installations. Applications range from the calculation of industrial sites, wind farms or mining plants to HVACs, PAGA systems or even open air events.

  • All calculation standards for noise type Industry included.
  • Input of sources as point, line or area with many options to define emission such as corrections, directivity, operating time and many more.
  • Easy import of emission data as .txt or .xlsx file, for example as sound power level (Lw) or indoor sound level (Li). The data is stored in a database and can be shared across multiple projects or users.
  • Extensive possibilities for project organization with the Object Tree. This enables the assessment of complex scenarios to determine relevant sources or source groups.
  • Definition of a 2D, 3D or rotationally symmetrical directivity, which is especially relevant for the calculation of loudspeakers used for PAGA systems or open air events.
  • Calculation of 1/3 octave band width (if supported by calculation standard).
  • Calculation of maximum levels for each receiver.
  • Convenient functions such as a calculator to add or subtract A/B/C/D weighting to an existing spectrum or to convert a 1/1 octave band spectrum to 1/3 (and vice versa).

CadnaA Road

CadnaA Road is the perfect solution for the calculation of road noise. Common applications are the evaluation of existing or new roads, the optimization of noise barriers, the calculation of tunnels or noise mapping projects.

  • All calculation standards for noise type Road included.
  • Convenient input of emission data based on road specific parameters such as average daily traffic density, exact count data, speed limit and road surface.
  • Calculation of parking lots according to multiple guidelines.
  • Modelling and calculation of tunnel openings with usage of industrial sources.
  • Detailed input of traffic data such as different traffic for each hour of the day, different speed limitation at day and night or varying road width.
  • Automatic evaluation of the road gradient correction based on the 3D geometry of the road.
  • Select road width based on a predefined list of cross sections.
  • Evaluation of up to 16 variants representing different traffic scenarios or noise protection measures such as noise barriers in different height.
  • Easy assessment of a building with automatic placement of receivers on all sides.

CadnaA City

CadnaA City is the perfect tool when all three noise types (industry, road, railway) are relevant. Common scenarios are the calculation of city or urban noise planning or strategic noise mapping.

  • All calculation standards for noise type Railway included.
  • Convenient input of emission data based on railway specific parameters such as number of trains, track type correction, bridge correction or consideration of speed limitation.
  • Extensive library with pre-defined train classes for many calculation standards included.
  • Calculation of tunnel openings based on industrial sources.
  • Easy creation of bridges as a screening object along the track.
  • Evaluation of the multiple source effect considering all three noise types industry, road and railway.
  • Automatic consideration of directivity for train classes (if applicable for the calculation method).
  • Convenient import of train classes and number of trains via txt file or Excel sheet.
  • Evaluation of up to 16 variants representing different traffic scenarios or noise protection measures such as noise barriers in different height.

CadnaA City & Airport

CadnaA City & Airport is the perfect option for noise calculations of existing or planned airports as well as for noise mapping projects including airports.

  • One calculation standard for noise type Aircraft included. Further calculation standards are available on demand.
  • Easy modelling of airports, aircraft routes and ground operations such as taxiways, APU operations (auxiliary power units) and engine test runs.   
  • Extensive aircraft noise and performance database included. Additionally, the import of ANP database for calculation standards ECAC Doc 29 and ICAO Doc 9911 is available.
  • Easy import of radar tracks from FANOMOS (Flight Track and Aircraft Noise Monitoring System), which is used by several European countries to record flight tracks.
  • Calculation of maximum level statistics and NATs (Number above threshold) if available for the calculation standard.
  • Evaluation of multiple source effect considering all four noise types industry, road, railway and aircraft.
  • All calculation standards for noise type Railway included.
  • Convenient input of emission data based on railway specific parameters such as number of trains, track type correction, bridge correction or consideration of speed limitation.
  • Extensive library with pre-defined train classes for many calculation standards included.
  • Calculation of tunnel openings based on industrial sources.
  • Easy creation of bridges as a screening object along the track.
  • Evaluation of the multiple source effect considering all three noise types industry, road and railway.
  • Automatic consideration of directivity for train classes (if applicable for the calculation method).
  • Convenient import of train classes and number of trains via txt file or Excel sheet.
  • Evaluation of up to 16 variants representing different traffic scenarios or noise protection measures such as noise barriers in different height.

CadnaA Basic

While CadnaA City Professional provides the best fit for most applications, CadnaA Basic is a cost-efficient product when a limited number of calculation standards or guidelines is sufficient.

  • Noise types: Industry, Road, Railway

  • Includes one standard or guideline for each noise type.

  • Ability to add further standards

  • Can be expanded with the same options as CadnaA City Professional

CadnaA CALC

CadnaA CALC is designed to outsource calculations to another machine, such as a hardware or virtual machine. Such setup is especially relevant when dealing with high demanding calculations such as large infrastructure projects or the calculation of multiple variants. During calculation, your main license is free to prepare the next project.

  • Create your model with CadnaA Industry, Road, City or any On-Premise license and outsource the calculation to CadnaA running with a CadnaA CALC license.
  • All calculation standards of all noise types (industry, road, railway and aircraft) are included.
  • Features of option L, BPL, SET and FLG-Radartracks can be calculated if available on the main license.
  • Evade the expenses associated with additional hardware when using virtual machines like Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure. With VMs, CPU power is scalable with just a click.
  • Convenient batch processing of files to be calculated. Simply copy/paste files to a shared directory and CadnaA will automatically batch process all files.

Work with our engineers to configure the CadnaA software package that best suits your needs.

Due to the complexity of CadnaA’s capabilities as well as the nature of the licensing models, we ask you to reach out so our engineers can build you a custom quote tailored to your exact needs.