Smart services for Engineers
Architects often find themselves in a frustrating position: balancing aesthetic vision with the constraints of structural engineering. One of the most common pain points is the lack of early structural feedback. This delay can significantly impact project timelines, budgets, and the overall design integrity. The Impact of Delayed Structural Input When structural engineers are not …
Continue reading “Architects Under Pressure: The Need for Early Structural Feedback”
One early stage design task that is often valuable to an Architect and a Client is a comparison of different structural systems. It’s often an initial question for a new job. “Are we working on a Concrete, Steel or Timber building here?” Arriving at the answer requires some investigation and should have some data to …
Continue reading “Compare Concrete, Steel and Timber Structural Systems online”
Imagine if you could simply open up an architectural design, do your analysis and then print out the resulting engineering drawings using one file. Just click File->Open, add your input and then File->Print. Think how much time could be saved compared to all the different programs and inputs that you have to do today. Working …
Is 3D reinforcement still too hard? How new techniques can make it easier.
Could drawings and BIM (and digital twins) be replaced by Generative Design scripts? How this change could be similar to the way BIM is currently replacing CAD.
This is a five minute guide to ISO 19650 for engineers. It is a condensed summary drawing on more detailed guides which can be found in the references section. Introduction ISO 19650 provides recommendations for a framework to manage Building Information Modelling (BIM) including exchanging, recording, versioning and organising for all actors. The principal is …
Continue reading “Five minute ISO 19650 summary for engineers”
When Bitcoin started getting mainstream attention, many people wondered how they could get involved in what looked like a growing new industry. Others thought it would never work, be shut down, or were hostile to the idea. Therefore when a new narrative emerged which promised to be both a legitimate use of the phenomenon and …
Continue reading “Why Blockchain will NOT change the construction industry”
Using BIM model geometry to create analysis files can save a lot of time and improve accuracy so why isn’t it done more? In this post we explore many of the difficulties and show that they can be overcome. 1. Nodes aren’t joined This is a common problem when converting a hand created BIM model. …
Continue reading “Overcoming BIM to analysis model conversion problems”
While it seems logical to use the modelled geometry in analysis models for other purposes (such as BIM), it is currently not common practice. Some of the reasons for this are described in this post and why they can be overcome. 1. It’s too hard or is not worth the time for the size of …
Continue reading “Overcoming Analysis to BIM model conversion problems”
Models are increasingly becoming central to engineering workflow and in some cases are even the main deliverable as we move towards a digital future. It is currently common for many models of the same building to be created throughout design, each with a different purpose and using different software. These can include: Architectural modelsAnalysis modelsStructural …
Continue reading “Speed up engineering workflow with model conversion”
Structured Parametrics 